Anatomy of the Left Atrium and Pulmonary Veins

Atrial Fibrillation Ablation: The State of the Art Based on the Venicechart International Consensus Document

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-10

  Calkins, Hugh ^a   Ho, Siew Y ^b   Angel Cabrera, Jose ^c   Della Bella, Paolo ^d   Farré, Jeronimo ^e   Kautzner, Josep ^f   Tchou, Patrick ^g  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c HOSPITAL QUIRÓN   (Spain)

^d CENTRO CARDIOLOGICO MONZINO   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^f INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

^g LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Laboratories; Left atrium; Pulmonary veins; Stenosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864360419     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470692646.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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