Loss of pace capture on the ablation line: The quest for a more reliable endpoint for pulmonary vein isolation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 331-332

  Sternick, Eduardo Back ^a  

^a BIOCOR INSTITUTO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; EDITORIAL; ELECTROGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART PACING; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; SINUS RHYTHM; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; PULMONARY VEINS;

EID: 76849090281     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.11.028     Document Type: Editorial

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