Impact of Catheter Ablation on Pulmonary Vein Morphology and Mechanical Function

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 161-167

  Schwartzman, David ^a,b   Kanzaki, Hideaki ^a   Bazaz, Raveen ^a   Gorcsan III, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrium; Pulmonary vein; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; THICKNESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VEIN WALL;

ADULT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1542290039     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2004.03451.x     Document Type: Article

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