Non-pulmonary vein epicardial foci of atrial fibrillation identified in the left atrium after pulmonary vein isolation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1323-1330

  Yamada, Takumi ^a   Murakami, Yoshimasa ^b   Okada, Taro ^b   Yoshida, Naoki ^b   Ninomiya, Yuichi ^b   Toyama, Junji ^b   Yoshida, Yukihiko ^c   Tsuboi, Naoya ^d   Inden, Yasuya ^d   Hirai, Makoto ^d   Murohara, Toyoaki ^a   McElderry, Hugh T ^a   Epstein, Andrew E ^a   Plumb, Vance J ^a   Neal Kay, G ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham and Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center   (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)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Epicardial foci; Multielectrode basket catheter; Non pulmonary vein; Radiofrequency catheter ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SINUS RHYTHM;

ADULT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35948999751     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2007.00865.x     Document Type: Article

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