Compression of the left atrium by the thoracic aorta in patients undergoing pulmonary vein isolation procedure for atrial fibrillation

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-36

  Ho, Ivan ^a   Heist, E Kevin ^a   Aryana, Arash ^a   Mela, Theofanie ^a   D'Avila, Andre ^a   Ruskin, Jeremy ^a   Mansour, Moussa ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Compression; MRI; Pulmonary vein stenosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA INJURY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; LABORATORY; LEFT ATRIUM COMPRESSION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; RISK; THORACIC AORTA;

ADULT; AORTA, THORACIC; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547147842     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-007-9134-9     Document Type: Article

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