Atrial structural remodelling and restoration of atrial contraction after linear ablation for atrial fibrillation

European Heart Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 1942-1951

  Thomas, Liza ^a,b   Boyd, Anita ^a   Thomas, Stuart P ^a   Schiller, Nelson B ^c   Ross, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Echocardiography; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; SINUS RHYTHM; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; CARDIOMEGALY; CATHETER ABLATION; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PULMONARY VEINS;

EID: 0142240251     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehj.2003.08.018     Document Type: Article

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