Evaluation of pulmonary vein stenosis after catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation

Cardiac Electrophysiology Review

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 397-400

  Tsao, Hsuan Ming ^a   Chen, Shih Ann ^b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Pulmonary vein; Stenosis

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPLASTY; CATHETER ABLATION; CHRONICITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG INFECTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; METAPLASIA; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; RECURRENT INFECTION; RESTENOSIS; REVIEW; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STENT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX PAIN; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; THROMBOSIS;

ANGIOPLASTY; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIALS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PULMONARY VENO-OCCLUSIVE DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036958930     PISSN: 13852264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021132307986     Document Type: Review

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