Characterization of non-pulmonary vein foci with an EnSite array in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Europace

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1698-1706

  Yamaguchi, Takanori ^a   Tsuchiya, Takeshi ^a   Miyamoto, Koji ^a   Nagamoto, Yasutsugu ^a   Takahashi, Naohiko ^b  

^a EP Expert Doctors Team Tsuchiya   (Japan)

^b OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; EnSite array; Non PV foci; PV isolation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENSITE ARRAY; EXTRASYSTOLE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 78649386400     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euq326     Document Type: Article

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