Reply: Atrial fibrosis: An illusion or a true key to successful ablation of atrial fibrillation?

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 65, Issue 22, 2015, Pages 2465-2466

  Kottkamp, Hans ^a   Bender, Roderich ^a   Berg, Jan ^a  

^a Hirslanden Hospital   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; AUTOPSY; CARDIAC IMAGING; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROANATOMIC VOLTAGE MAPPING TECHNIQUE; FIBROSIS; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBROSIS; HUMAN; LETTER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; CATHETER ABLATION; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS;

EID: 84930886560     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2015.03.562     Document Type: Letter

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