Ligament of Marshall: Why it is important for atrial fibrillation ablation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 6, Issue 12 SUPPL., 2009, Pages

  Hwang, Chun ^a,b   Chen, Peng Sheng ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Utah Regional Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Epicardial mapping and ablation; Left atrial flutter; Pre excitation syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY SINUS; EPICARDIUM; HEART; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE; HEART PREEXCITATION; HUMAN; LIGAMENT OF MARSHALL; PERSISTENT LEFT SUPERIOR VENA CAVA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; AUTONOMIC DENERVATION; CATHETER ABLATION; EPICARDIAL MAPPING; GANGLIA, AUTONOMIC; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; PERICARDIUM; PULMONARY VEINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70649092299     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.08.034     Document Type: Article

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