Acute effect of circumferential pulmonary vein isolation on left atrial substrate

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 715-722

  Udyavar, Ameya R ^a,b   Huang, Sung Hao ^a,b   Chang, Shih Lin ^a,b,c   Lin, Yenn Jiang ^a,b   Tai, Ching Tai ^b   Lo, Li Wei ^b   Tuan, Ta Chuan ^b   Hu, Yu Feng ^b   Wongcharoen, Wanwarang ^b   Tsao, Hsuan Ming ^a   Higa, Satoshi ^d   Chen, Shih Ann ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c Yanshan Veterans Hospital   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Electroanatomical mapping; Electrocardiography; Pulmonary vein

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CIRCUMFERENTIAL PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; P WAVE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY; SINUS RHYTHM;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67649547612     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2008.01411.x     Document Type: Article

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