Usefulness of Esophageal Leads for Determining the Strategy of Pulmonary Vein Ablation to Avoid Complications Associated With the Esophagus

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 97, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1494-1497

  Yamada, Takumi ^a   Murakami, Yoshimasa ^a   Okada, Taro ^a   Okamoto, Mitsuhiro ^a   Shimizu, Takeshi ^a   Toyama, Junji ^a   Yoshida, Yukihiko ^b   Tsuboi, Naoya ^b   Ito, Teruo ^b   Muto, Masahiro ^c   Kondo, Takahisa ^c   Inden, Yasuya ^c   Hirai, Makoto ^c   Murohara, Toyoaki ^c  

^a Aichi Prefectural Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA DAINI RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY VEINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646199078     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.11.084     Document Type: Article

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