Different strategies for performing pulmonary vein isolation in patients with pulmonary vein rhythm

Heart and Vessels

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 667-671

  Tokuda, Michifumi ^a   Yamane, Teiichi ^a   Matsuo, Seiichiro ^a   Ito, Keiichi ^a   Narui, Ryohsuke ^a   Hioki, Mika ^a   Tanigawa, Shin Ichi ^a   Nakane, Tokiko ^a   Yamashita, Seigo ^a   Inada, Keiichi ^a   Shibayama, Kenri ^a   Miyanaga, Satoru ^a   Yoshida, Hiroshi ^a   Miyazaki, Hidekazu ^a   Date, Taro ^a   Sugimoto, Ken Ichi ^a   Yoshimura, Michihiro ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Complication; Ectopic rhythm; Sick sinus syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; P WAVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; QRS COMPLEX; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; TACHYCARDIA;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL PREMATURE COMPLEXES; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PULMONARY VEINS; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 82655173684     PISSN: 09108327     EISSN: 16152573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00380-010-0113-1     Document Type: Article

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