Pulmonary vein isolation under direct visual identification of the left atrium - Pulmonary vein junction using intra-cardiac echography

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 15-20

  Higashi, Y ^a   Shimojima, H ^a   Wakatsuki, D ^a   Wakabayashi, K ^a   Asano, F ^a   Honda, Y ^a   Kawachi, K ^a   Oota, K ^a   Sato, T ^a   Ebato, M ^a   Hashimoto, T ^a   Takeshi, T ^a   Takeyama, Y ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY FUJIGAOKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Intra cardiac echography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; SAFETY; THICKNESS;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745648740     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-006-7624-9     Document Type: Article

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