ATP-induced dormant pulmonary veins originating from the carina region after circumferential pulmonary vein isolation of atrial fibrillation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 494-500

  Kumagai, Koji ^a   Naito, Shigeto ^a   Nakamura, Koki ^a   Hayashi, Tatsuya ^a   Fukazawa, Rie ^a   Sato, Chizuru ^a   Takemura, Naoki ^a   Miki, Yuko ^a   Fuke, Etsuko ^a   Tanaka, Yasuaki ^a   Hori, Yasuhiko ^a   Goto, Koji ^a   Iwamoto, Jotaro ^a   Aonuma, Kazutaka ^b   Oshima, Shigeru ^a   Taniguchi, Koichi ^a  

^a GUNMA PREFECTURAL CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adenosine triphosphate; Atrial fibrillation; Carina; Catheter ablation; Pulmonary vein

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ISOPRENALINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; DRUG RESISTANCE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77951178499     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2009.01667.x     Document Type: Article

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