Pulmonary vein antrum not always coaxial to the pulmonary vein - A dimensional pitfall to the circumferential isolation technique

Circulation Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1430-1436

  Yamada, Takumi ^a,e   Murakami, Yoshimasa ^b   Okada, Taro ^b   Yoshida, Naoki ^b   Toyama, Junji ^b   Yoshida, Yukihiko ^c   Tsuboi, Naoya ^c   Inden, Yasuya ^d   Hirai, Makoto ^d   Murohara, Toyoaki ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Aichi Prefectural Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA DAINI RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e University of Alabama at Birmingham and Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Multielectrode basket catheter; Non coaxial; Pulmonary vein antrum; Radiofrequency catheter ablation

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; TACHYCARDIA, PAROXYSMAL;

EID: 34548480716     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.71.1430     Document Type: Article

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