High take-off left inferior pulmonary vein as an obstacle in creating a conduction block at the lateral mitral isthmus

Europace

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 910-916

  Takatsuki, Seiji ^a   Extramiana, Fabrice ^b   Hayashi, Meiso ^b   Haggui, Abdeddayem ^b   Messali, Anne ^b   Milliez, Paul ^b   Leenhardt, Antoine ^b   Cauchemez, Bruno ^c  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Lariboisire University Hospital   (France)

^c Ambroise Paré Clinic   (France)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Computed tomography; Mitral isthmus; Pulmonary vein

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY SINUS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; LATERAL MITRAL ISTHMUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NERVE BLOCK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; SINUS RHYTHM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; PULMONARY VEINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67650860411     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eup151     Document Type: Article

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