Reverse remodeling of the left cardiac chambers after catheter ablation after 1 year in a series of patients with isolated atrial fibrillation

Circulation

Volumn 112, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 2896-2903

  Reant, Patricia ^a   Lafitte, Stephane ^a,b   Jaïs, Pierre ^a   Serri, Karim ^a   Weerasooriya, Rukshen ^a   Hocini, Meleze ^a   Pillois, Xavier ^a   Clementy, Jacques ^a   Haïssaguerre, Michel ^a   Roudaut, Raymond ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrium; Catheter ablation; Diastole; Echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 27744435823     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.104.523928     Document Type: Article

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