Incidence of pulmonary vein stenosis in patients submitted to atrial fibrillation ablation: A comparison of the selective segmental ostial ablation vs the circumferential pulmonary veins ablation

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-25

  Tamborero, David ^a   Mont, Lluis ^a   Nava, Santiago ^a   De Caralt, Teresa M ^a   Molina, Irma ^a   Scalise, Andrea ^a   Perea, Rosario J ^a   Bartholomay, Eduardo ^a   Berruezo, Antonio ^a   Matiello, Maria ^a   Brugada, Josep ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Pulmonary veins stenosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY VEINS; PULMONARY VENO-OCCLUSIVE DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 28344453766     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-005-4513-6     Document Type: Article

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