Transoesophageal echocardiographic evaluation of pulmonary vein anatomy in patients undergoing ostial radiofrequency catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation: A comparison with magnetic resonance angiography

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 748-752

  Toffanin, Gianluca ^a   Scarabeo, Virginia ^a   Verlato, Roberto ^a   De Conti, Fabio ^a   Zampiero, Aldo Antonio ^a   Piovesana, Piergiuseppe ^a  

^a 'P Cosma' Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Pulmonary veins; Radiofrequency catheter ablation; Transoesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PULMONARY VEIN; REFRACTORY PERIOD; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33749011674     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/01.JCM.0000247322.57536.04     Document Type: Article

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