Comparison of voltage map-guided left atrial anterior wall ablation versus left lateral mitral isthmus ablation in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 199-206

  Pak, Hui Nam ^a   Oh, Yong Seog ^b   Lim, Hong Euy ^c   Kim, Young Hoon ^c   Hwang, Chun ^d,e  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^c Korea University   (South Korea)

^d UTAH VALLEY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Mitral isthmus; Voltage map

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEFT ATRIAL ANTERIOR WALL ABLATION; LEFT LATERAL MITRAL ISTHMUS ABLATION; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

AGED; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79251551084     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2010.10.015     Document Type: Article

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