Left atrial volume calculated by multi-detector computed tomography may predict successful pulmonary vein isolation in catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation

Europace

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1289-1294

  Abecasis, João ^a   Dourado, Raquel ^a   Ferreira, António ^a   Saraiva, Carla ^a   Cavaco, Diogo ^a   Santos, Katya Reis ^a   Morgado, Francisco Belo ^a   Adragão, Pedro ^a   Silva, Aniceto ^a  

^a Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Left atrium; Multi detector computed tomography; Predictors of success; Volume

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; FLECAINIDE; PROPAFENONE; SOTALOL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALCIUM ANTAGONISM; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM VOLUME; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELAPSE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY VEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349495374     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eup198     Document Type: Article

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