Reduction of AF recurrence after pulmonary vein isolation by eliminating ATP-induced transient venous re-conduction

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 704-708

  Matsuo, Seiichiro ^a   Yamane, Teiichi ^a   Date, Taro ^a   Inada, Keiichi ^a   Kanzaki, Yasuko ^a   Tokuda, Michifumi ^a   Shibayama, Kenri ^a   Miyanaga, Satoru ^a   Miyazaki, Hidekazu ^a   Sugimoto, Kenichi ^a   Mochizuki, Seibu ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Dormant conduction; Pulmonary vein; Reconnection

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ISOPRENALINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CONDUCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ADULT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34250658330     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2007.00842.x     Document Type: Article

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