Role of transoesophageal echocardiography in evaluating the effect of catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation on anatomy and function of the pulmonary veins

Europace

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1079-1084

  De Piccoli, Bruno ^a   Rossillo, Antonio ^a   Zanella, Carlo ^a   Bonso, Aldo ^a   Themistoclakis, Sakis ^a   Corrado, Andrea ^a   Raviele, Antonio ^a  

^a Umberto I Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Pulmonary veins; Radiofrequency; Transoesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; PULSE WAVE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VEIN DIAMETER; VENOCONSTRICTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 55249126036     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eun188     Document Type: Article

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