The Utility of Transtelephonic Electrocardiograms for Detecting Arrhythmia Recurrences after Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation

Journal of Arrhythmia

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 130-134

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

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Holter ECG; Radiofrequency

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952105604     PISSN: 18804276     EISSN: 18832148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4020/jhrs.25.130     Document Type: Article

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