Transesophageal echocardiography: A follow-up tool after catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation and interventional therapy of pulmonary vein stenosis and occlusion

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 195-205

  Schneider, Carsten ^a   Ernst, Sabine ^a   Malisius, Rainer ^a   Bahlmann, Edda ^a   Lampe, Friedrun ^a   Broemel, Thomas ^b   Krause, Korff ^a   Boczor, Sigrid ^a   Antz, Matthias ^a   Kuck, Karl Heinz ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Conradia Institute for Radiology ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Pulmonary vein stenosis; Transesophageal echocardiography; Venoocclusive syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; RECANALIZATION; RESTENOSIS; STENT; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; PULMONARY VENO-OCCLUSIVE DISEASE; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 34249700838     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-007-9085-1     Document Type: Article

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