Termination of persistent atrial fibrillation during left atrial mapping

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1171-1173

  Tzou, Wendy S ^a   SÚghy, Lúszlo' ^b   Lin, David ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

ablation; atrial fibrillation; complex fractionated atrial electrogram

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ISOPRENALINE; SOTALOL;

ADULT; ARTERY CATHETER; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPLEX FRACTIONATED ATRIAL ELECTROGRAM; ELECTROGRAPHY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRESSURE AND TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; SINUS RHYTHM;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CATHETERS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRESSURE; PULMONARY VEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80054717660     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2011.02079.x     Document Type: Article

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