Pulmonary vein isolation with the 30 and 35 mm high-density mesh ablator

Europace

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1428-1434

  De Greef, Yves ^a   Tavernier, Rene ^b   Duytschaever, Mattias ^b,c   Stockman, Dirk ^a  

^a MIDDELHEIM HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b AZ Sint Jan ^*  (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; HDMA catheter; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CATHETER; HUMAN; ISOLATED ORGAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; REPEAT PROCEDURE;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77957723548     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euq277     Document Type: Article

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