Circumferential pulmonary vein ablation of atrial fibrillation via superior vena cava approach in a patient with interruption of the inferior vena cava

Europace

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 746-748

  Kato, Hiroshi ^a   Kubota, Shoichi ^a   Yamada, Yuka ^a   Kumamoto, Teruhiko ^a   Takasawa, Yosuke ^a   Takahashi, Norio ^a   Yamamoto, Makoto ^a  

^a Fukui Kosei Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THIAMAZOLE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; INTRACARDIAC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PULMONARY VEIN; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 77951948254     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eup449     Document Type: Article

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