Complications of pulmonary vein isolation by catheter ablation evaluated by ECG-gated multislice computed tomography

Heart and Vessels

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 220-223

  Funabashi, Nobusada ^a   Yonezawa, Masayori ^a   Iesaka, Yoshito ^b   Umekita, Hideo ^c   Yanagawa, Noriyuki ^c   Matsumoto, Yasunori ^a   Yoshida, Katsuya ^a   Komuro, Issei ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TSUCHIURA KYODO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; ECG gated multislice computed tomography; Hyperplasia of soft tissue; Luminal stenosis; Pulmonary vein isolation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; SOFT TISSUE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; PULMONARY VENO-OCCLUSIVE DISEASE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0141961876     PISSN: 09108327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00380-003-0714-z     Document Type: Article

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