Epicardial Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation

Cardiac Electrophysiology Clinics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 113-120

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Epicardial ablation

Indexed keywords

BALLOON CATHETER; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CRYOTHERAPY; EPICARDIUM; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEMOPERICARDIUM; HUMAN; LASER; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NERVE SHEATH; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; REVIEW;

EID: 74849131822     PISSN: 18779182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccep.2009.11.002     Document Type: Review

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