The dormant epicardial reconnection of pulmonary vein: An unusual cause of recurrent atrial fibrillation after pulmonary vein isolation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 920-924

  Matsuo, Seiichiro ^a   Yamane, Teiichi ^a   Tokuda, Michifumi ^a   Kanzaki, Yasuko ^a   Inada, Keiichi ^a   Shibayama, Kenri ^a   Miyanaga, Satoru ^a   Date, Taro ^a   Miyazaki, Hidekazu ^a   Abe, Kunihiko ^a   Sugimoto, Ken Ichi ^a   Yoshimura, Michihiro ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Dormant conduction; Epicardial pathway; Pulmonary vein

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MALE; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; PERICARDIUM; RARE DISEASE;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; HUMANS; MALE; PERICARDIUM; PULMONARY VEINS; RARE DISEASES;

EID: 55249117346     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2008.01112.x     Document Type: Article

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