Left atrial branches of coronary arteries; Clinical implications related to linear catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 141-144

  Yano, Akio ^a   Igawa, Osamu ^a,c   Adachi, Masamitsu ^a   Miake, Junichiro ^a   Inoue, Yoshiaki ^a   Ogura, Kazuyoshi ^a   Kato, Masaru ^a   Iitsuka, Kazuhiko ^a   Hisatome, Ichiro ^b  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c 36 1 Nishimachi ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Complication; Coronary artery; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 67651180606     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-008-9352-9     Document Type: Article

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