Muscular architecture of the mitral isthmus: Anatomical determinants for catheter ablation

Europace

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1069-1071

  Cabrera, José Angel ^a   Pizarro, Gonzalo ^a   Sánchez Quintana, Damián ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD EUROPEA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; CARDIAC IMAGING; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; GEOMETRY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; MITRAL ISTHMUS; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE ANNULUS; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; PULMONARY VEINS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84864439464     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eus176     Document Type: Review

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