Improving prediction of long-term success of ablation for atrial fibrillation

Heart

Volumn 97, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 1817-1818

  Wissner, Erik ^a   Kuck, Karl Heinz ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CATHETER ABLATION; EDITORIAL; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTEGRATED BACKSCATTER ANALYSIS; LEFT ATRIAL FIBROSIS; PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RECURRENCE RISK; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 80055102563     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2011.224279     Document Type: Editorial

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