RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Radiofrequency ablation of the pulmonary veins: Can it stop atrial fibrillation at its source?
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 17
OP 23
VO 68
IS 1
A2 Wilke, William S.
A1 Natale, Andrea
YR 2001
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/68/1/17.abstract
AB Recent work from France indicates that many cases of atrial fibrillation arise from foci of rapidly firing cells, most of which are located not within the atria but within the pulmonary veins. Armed with this new knowledge, we are pursuing strategies of permanently preventing atrial fibrillation by destroying these foci using radiofrequency ablation.