Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 126, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 2753-2761

  Lo, Li Wei ^a   Chen, Shih Ann ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

CATHETER ABLATION; COMPLEX FRACTIONATED ATRIAL ELECTROGRAM ABLATION; CRYOABLATION; EDITORIAL; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; PAROXYSMAL HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION DEVICE; SINUS RHYTHM;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84880502365     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.20130401     Document Type: Editorial

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