Pulmonary vein isolation combined with substrate modification for persistent atrial fibrillation treatment in patients with valvular heart diseases

Heart

Volumn 95, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 1773-1783

  Wang, X ^b   Liu, X ^a   Shi, H ^b   Gu, J ^b   Sun, Y ^b   Zhou, L ^b   Hu, W ^b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CIRCUMFERENTIAL PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; COMPLEX FRACTIONATED ATRIAL ELECTROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RECURRENT DISEASE; STROKE; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70350241214     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2007.124594     Document Type: Article

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