Effect of heart rate and isoproterenol on pulmonary vein flow velocity following radiofrequency ablation: A doppler color flow imaging study

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 265-269

  Ren, Jian Fang ^a,b   Marchlinski, Francis E ^a   Callans, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b PENN PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Echocardiography; Isoproterenol; Pulmonary vein; Ultrasound catheter

Indexed keywords

ISOPRENALINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART CATHETER; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INFUSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; SINUS RHYTHM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ADULT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; ISOPROTERENOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3543135528     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JICE.0000026923.14688.f0     Document Type: Article

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