Persistence of pulmonary vein isolation after robotic remote-navigated ablation for atrial fibrillation and its relation to clinical outcome

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1079-1084

  Willems, Stephan ^a   Steven, Daniel ^a   Servatius, Helge ^a   Hoffmann, Boris A ^a   Drewitz, Imke ^a   Mallerleile, Kai ^a   Aydin, Muhammet Ali ^a   Wegscheider, Karl ^b   Salukhe, Tushar V ^a   Meinertz, Thomas ^a   Rostock, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEART CENTER HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; catheter ablation; pulmonary vein isolation; robotic remote navigation

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RECURRENT DISEASE; ROBOTICS;

EID: 78649349439     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2010.01773.x     Document Type: Article

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