Intracardiac Doppler echocardiographic quantification of pulmonary vein flow velocity: An effective technique for monitoring pulmonary vein ostia narrowing during focal atrial fibrillation ablation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1076-1081

  Ren, Jian Fang ^a   Marchlinski, Francis E ^a   Callans, David J ^a   Zado, Erica S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Echocardiography; Pulmonary vein; Ultrasound catheter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CATHETER ABLATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITORING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; TECHNIQUE; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 0036852209     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2002.01076.x     Document Type: Article

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