Catheter ablation of persistent atrial fibrillation solely guided by complex fractionated atrial electrograms in a patient with persistent left superior vena cava

Journal of Cardiology Cases

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Iriki, Yasuhisa ^a   Ishida, Sanemasa ^a   Oketani, Naoya ^a   Okui, Hideki ^a   Ichiki, Hitoshi ^a   Ninomiya, Yuichi ^a   Kataoka, Tetsuro ^a   Hamasaki, Shuichi ^a   Tei, Chuwa ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ablation catheter; Atrial fibrillation; CFAE; PLSVC

Indexed keywords

ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; HEPARIN; NIFECARANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASOPRESSIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 77952744774     PISSN: 18785409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jccase.2009.12.005     Document Type: Article

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