Current hot potatoes in atrial fibrillation ablation

Current Cardiology Reviews

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 327-346

  Roten, Laurent ^a   Derval, Nicolas ^a   Pascale, Patrizio ^a   Scherr, Daniel ^a   Komatsu, Yuki ^a   Shah, Ashok ^a   Ramoul, Khaled ^a   Denis, Arnaud ^a   Sacher, Frédéric ^a   Hocini, Mélèze ^a   Haïssaguerre, Michel ^a   Jaïs, Pierre ^a  

^a HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Complex fractionated atrial electrograms; Linear ablation; Pulmonary vein isolation

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; BALLOON CATHETER; CATHETER; CIRCULAR ABLATION CATHETER; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMPLEX FRACTIONATED ATRIAL ELECTROGRAM; DEVICE SAFETY; ELECTROGRAPHY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC CATHETERS; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; PULMONARY VEINS; ROBOTICS;

EID: 84870161842     PISSN: 1573403X     EISSN: 18756557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157340312803760802     Document Type: Review

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