Pulmonary haemodynamics at rest and during exercise in patients with significant pulmonary vein stenosis after radiofrequency catheter ablation for drug resistant atrial fibrillation

European Heart Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 1410-1414

  Arentz, Thomas ^a   Weber, Reinhold ^a   Jander, Nikolaus ^a   Bürkle, Gerd ^a   Von Rosenthal, Jörg ^a   Blum, Thomas ^a   Stockinger, Jochem ^a   Haegeli, Laurent ^a   Neumann, Franz Josef ^a   Kalusche, Dietrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEART CENTER FREIBURG BAD KROZINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Pulmonary hypertension; Pulmonary veins; Stenosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGY; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG CIRCULATION; LUNG HEMODYNAMICS; LUNG VEIN OBSTRUCTION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; REST; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; DRUG RESISTANCE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VEINS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 25444461639     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi279     Document Type: Article

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