Still looking for the right mechanism as a target during ablation of atrial fibrillation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 601-603

  Higuchi, Koji ^a   Marrouche, Nassir F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPLEX FRACTIONATED ATRIAL ELECTROGRAM; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RECURRENCE RISK; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; VAGUS NERVE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; AUTONOMIC DENERVATION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CATHETER ABLATION; HEART; HUMANS; PULMONARY VEINS;

EID: 84862214559     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2012.02303.x     Document Type: Note

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