Atrial coronary arteries in areas involved in atrial fibrillation catheter ablation

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 600-605

  Meo, Januário Pardo ^a   Scanavacca, Maurício ^a   Sosa, Eduardo ^a   Correia, Aristides ^a   Hachul, Denise ^a   Darrieux, Francisco ^a   Lara, Sissy ^a   Hardy, Carina ^a   Jatene, Fabio ^a   Jatene, Marcelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Arteries; Atrial fibrillation; Atrium; Catheter ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL CIRCULATION; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; SINUS NODE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; CADAVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; INNERVATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CADAVER; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SINOATRIAL NODE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952117206     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.110.951525     Document Type: Article

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