Fate of Left Atrial Function as Determined by Real-Time Three-Dimensional Echocardiography Study After Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation for the Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 101, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1285-1290

  Delgado, Victoria ^a   Vidal, Bàrbara ^a   Sitges, Marta ^a   Tamborero, David ^a   Mont, Lluís ^a   Berruezo, Antonio ^a   Azqueta, Manuel ^a   Paré, Carles ^a   Brugada, Josep ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENCE RISK; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 43049164480     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2007.12.028     Document Type: Article

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