Ablation for persistent atrial fibrillation: Pulmonary vein isolation plus what?

JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 161-163

  Knight, Bradley P ^a   Lin, Albert C ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; catheter ablation; left atrial appendage; ligation

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; BLOOD CLOTTING; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; NOTE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERSISTENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SUTURE DELIVERY DEVICE;

EID: 84942114002     PISSN: 2405500X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacep.2015.04.008     Document Type: Editorial

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