Percutaneous pulmonary vein stenting for the treatment of severe stenosis after pulmonary vein isolation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1180-1188

  Neumann, Thomas ^a   Sperzel, Johannes ^a   Dill, Thorsten ^a   Kluge, Alexander ^a   Erdogan, Ali ^a   Greis, Harald ^a   Hansel, Jochen ^a   Berkowitsch, Alexander ^a   Kurzidim, Klaus ^a   Kuniss, Malte ^a   Hamm, Christian W ^a   Pitschner, Heinz F ^a  

^a KERCKHOFF HEART CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; MRI; Stenosis; Stents

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENCE RISK; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CATHETER ABLATION; LUNG VEIN OBSTRUCTION; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; STENT;

ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VEINS; PULMONARY VENO-OCCLUSIVE DISEASE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33644810474     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2005.50073.x     Document Type: Article

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