Anatomical observations of the pulmonary veins with intracardiac echocardiography and hemodynamic consequences of narrowing of pulmonary vein ostial diameters after radiofrequency catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1298-1302

  Jongbloed, Monique R M ^a   Bax, Jeroen J ^a   Zeppenfeld, Katja ^a   Van Der Wall, Ernst E ^a   Schalij, Martin J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; PULMONARY VEINS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 2342460184     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.02.019     Document Type: Article

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