Pulmonary Vein Isolation for Atrial Fibrillation

Catheter Ablation of Cardiac Arrhythmias: Expert Consult - Online and Print

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 234-264

  Nault, Isabelle ^a   Sanders, Prashanthan ^b   Shah, Ashok ^c   Linton, Nick ^d   Jadidi, Amir ⁱ   Knecht, Sebastien ^e   Wright, Matthew ^c   Forclaz, Andrei ^f   Hocini, Mélèze ^g   Jaïs, Pierre ^h   Haïssaguerre, Michel ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^g NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ NONE

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-4377-1368-8.00015-5     Document Type: Chapter

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