Nonpharmacologic management of atrial fibrillation: Role of the pulmonary veins and posterior left atrium

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 6, Issue 12 SUPPL., 2009, Pages

  Shivkumar, Kalyanam ^a   Buch, Eric ^a   Boyle, Noel G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia mechanisms; Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC GANGLION; CATHETER ABLATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; PULMONARY VEINS;

EID: 70749140472     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.07.030     Document Type: Article

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