Errors in pulmonary vein identification and ostia location in the absence of pulmonary vein imaging

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1082-1089

  Pérez Castellano, Nicasio ^a   Villacastín, Julián ^a   Moreno, Javier ^a   Rodríguez, Aníbal ^a   Moreno, Mauricio ^a   Conde, Asunción ^a   Morales, Ricardo ^a   Macaya, Carlos ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Angiography; Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Imaging; Pulmonary vein

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 26944434806     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2005.07.006     Document Type: Article

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