Catheter ablation of persistent atrial fibrillation: Anatomically based circumferential pulmonary vein ablation in combination with a potential-guided segmental approach to achieve complete pulmonary vein isolation

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-72

  Kettering, Klaus ^a   Weig, Hans Joerg ^a   Busch, Mathias ^a   Schneider, Klaus Martin ^a   Eick, Christian ^a   Weretka, Slawomir ^a   Laszlo, Roman ^a   Gawaz, Meinrad ^a   Schreieck, Juergen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Pulmonary veins; Supraventricular arrhythmias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA COARCTATION; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVERSION; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SINUS RHYTHM; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952008278     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-010-9533-1     Document Type: Article

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