Editorial: Four types of complications in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation ablation

Europace

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 303-304

  Anné, Wim ^a   Tavernier, Rene ^a   Duytschaever, Mattias ^a  

^a General Hospital St Jan   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR EMBOLISM; BALLOON; CARDIOVERSION; EDITORIAL; GUIDE WIRE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; NERVE PARALYSIS; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; THROMBUS; CATHETER ABLATION; NOTE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 77749320117     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euq036     Document Type: Editorial

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