Efficacy of linear block at the left atrial roof in atrial fibrillation

Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 322-327

  Senga, Michiharu ^a   Fujii, Eitaro ^a   Sugiura, Shinya ^a   Yamazato, Shoichiro ^a   Sugiura, Emiyo ^a   Nakamura, Mashio ^a   Miyahara, Masatoshi ^a   Ito, Masaaki ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ablation catheter; Atrial fibrillation; Electrophysiology

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; EXTENSIVE ENCIRCLING OF IPSILATERAL PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE; THERAPY EFFECT; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ABLATION TECHNIQUES; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77952101345     PISSN: 09145087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2009.12.007     Document Type: Article

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