Dilatation as a marker of pulmonary veins initiating atrial fibrillation

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 245-249

  Yamane, Teiichi ^a   Shah, Dipen C ^a   Jaïs, Pierre ^a   Hocini, Mélè ^a   Peng, Jing Tian ^a   Deisenhofer, Isabel ^a   Clémenty, Jacques ^a   Haïsaguerre, Michel ^a  

^a HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Pulmonary veins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RECURRENCE RISK; VEIN DIAMETER; VEIN DILATATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VEINS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036630141     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019561820830     Document Type: Article

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