Reduction of P-wave duration and successful pulmonary vein isolation in patients with atrial fibrillation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 931-938

  Ogawa, Masahiro ^a,b,c   Kumagai, Koichiro ^a   Vakulenko, Marta ^c   Yasuda, Tomoo ^a   Siegerman, Carin ^c   Garfinkel, Alan ^c   Chen, Peng Sheng ^b,c,d   Saku, Keijiro ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; P wave; P wave signal averaged electrocardiogram; Pulmonary vein isolation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIAL CELL MODEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROSURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; P WAVE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RECURRENT DISEASE; REDUCTION; SIMULATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PULMONARY VEINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548319350     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2007.00890.x     Document Type: Article

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