Time course for resolution of left atrial appendage stunning after catheter ablation of chronic atrial flutter

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2207-2211

  Takami, Mitsuaki ^a   Suzuki, Makoto ^a   Sugi, Kaoru ^a   Ikeda, Takanori ^a,b  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; STUNNED HEART MUSCLE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0038308868     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(03)00496-0     Document Type: Article

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