Left atrial appendage outflow velocity is superior to conventional criteria for predicting of maintenance of sinus rhythm after simple cryoablation of pulmonary vein orifices

Circulation Journal

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 446-451

  Isobe, Naoki ^a   Taniguchi, Koichi ^a   Oshima, Shigeru ^a   Kamiyama, Hiroshi ^b   Ezure, Masahiko ^a   Kaneko, Tatsuo ^a   Tada, Hiroshi ^a   Adachi, Hitoshi ^a   Toyama, Takuji ^a   Naito, Shigeto ^a   Hoshizaki, Hiroshi ^a  

^a GUNMA PREFECTURAL CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b Isesaki Sawa Med Assoc Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cryoablation of pulmonary vein; Left atrial appendage outflow velocity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CRYOABLATION OF PULMONARY VEIN ORIFICE; CRYOTHERAPY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PULMONARY VEIN; SINUS RHYTHM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ARRHYTHMIA, SINUS; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CRYOSURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY VEINS;

EID: 20144387980     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.69.446     Document Type: Article

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