Pulmonary vein isolation for atrial fibrillationL Forever young

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 64, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 2468-2470

  Santangeli, Pasquale ^a   Marchlinski, Francis E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Pulmonary vein isolation

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE;

ABLATION THERAPY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HIGH FREQUENCY SOURCE ABLATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACARDIAC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; JET VENTILATION; LINEAR ROOF ABLATION; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; MALE; PULMONARY VEIN;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY VEINS;

EID: 84926367824     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2014.09.054     Document Type: Editorial

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