Effects of left atrial ablation of atrial fibrillation on size of the left atrium and pulmonary veins

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 576-581

  Lemola, Kristina ^a   Sneider, Michael ^a   Desjardins, Benoit ^a   Case, Ian ^a   Chugh, Aman ^a   Hall, Burr ^a   Cheung, Peter ^a   Good, Eric ^a   Han, Jihn ^a   Tamirisa, Kamala ^a   Bogun, Frank ^a   Pelosi Jr , Frank ^a   Kazerooni, Ella ^a   Morady, Fred ^a   Oral, Hakan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Computed tomography; Left atrium; Pulmonary vein; Radiofrequency catheter ablation

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; MALE; POWER SUPPLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; SINUS RHYTHM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VEIN DIAMETER;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 7744233717     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2004.07.020     Document Type: Article

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