PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
ED  - Wilke, William S.
AU  - Natale, Andrea
TI  - Radiofrequency ablation of the pulmonary veins: Can it stop atrial fibrillation at its source?
DP  - 2001 Jan 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 17--23
VI  - 68
IP  - 1
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/68/1/17.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/68/1/17.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2001 Jan 01; 68
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.