Visually guided sequential pulmonary vein isolation: Insights into techniques and predictors of acute success

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 576-582

  Schmidt, Boris ^a   Gunawardene, Melanie ^a   Urban, Verena ^a   Kulikoglu, Mehmet ^a   Schulte Hahn, Britta ^a   Nowak, Bernd ^a   Bordignon, Stefano ^a   Chun, K R J ^a  

^a CARDIOANGIOLOGISCHES CENTRUM BETHANIEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Laser balloon; Pulmonary vein isolation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPY; ENERGY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; LASER; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE; NERVE PARALYSIS; PHRENIC NERVE PALSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCEDURES; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RECURRENCE RISK;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CATHETERS; ENDOSCOPES; ENDOSCOPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; PUNCTURES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 84861318296     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2011.02247.x     Document Type: Article

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