Pulmonary vein stenting for the treatment of acquired severe pulmonary vein stenosis after pulmonary vein isolation: Clinical implications after long-term follow-up of 4 years

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 251-257

  Neumann, Thomas ^a   Kuniss, Malte ^a   Conradi, Guido ^a   Sperzel, Johannes ^a   Berkowitsch, Alexander ^a   Zaltsberg, Sergey ^a   Wojcik, MacIej ^a   Erkapic, Damir ^a   Dill, Thorsten ^a   Hamm, Christian W ^a   Pitschner, Heinz F ^a  

^a KERCKHOFF HEART CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ablation; Arrhythmia; Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Pulmonary vein stenosis; Pulmonary veins; Tachyarrhythmias

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; HEPARIN; PROTAMINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; IN-STENT RESTENOSIS; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; RESTENOSIS; STENT;

BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; PULMONARY VENO-OCCLUSIVE DISEASE; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 60849105694     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2008.01316.x     Document Type: Article

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