Low incidence of left atrial or left atrial appendage thrombus in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and normal EF who present for pulmonary vein antrum isolation procedure

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 356-358

  Khan, Mohammed N ^a   Usmani, Ali ^a   Noor, Saira ^a   Elayi, Samy ^a   Ching, Chi Keong ^a   Biase, Luigi Di ^a   Patel, Dimpi ^a   Burkhardt, J David ^a   Cummings, Jennifer ^a   Schweikert, Robert ^a   Saliba, Walid ^a   Natale, Andrea ^a,b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Computed tomography; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; ISOLATED ORGAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN ANTRUM ISOLATION PROCEDURE; REGISTER; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OHIO; PULMONARY VEINS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STROKE VOLUME; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41449113718     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2007.01070.x     Document Type: Article

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