Comparison of the clinical outcome after pulmonary vein isolation based on the appearance of adenosine-induced dormant pulmonary vein conduction

American Heart Journal

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 337-345

  Matsuo, Seiichiro ^a,b   Yamane, Teiichi ^a   Date, Taro ^a   Hioki, Mika ^a   Ito, Keiichi ^a   Narui, Ryohsuke ^a   Tanigawa, Shin Ichi ^a   Nakane, Tokiko ^a   Hama, Yoshiyuki ^a   Tokuda, Michifumi ^a   Yamashita, Seigo ^a   Aramaki, Yasuko ^a   Inada, Keiichi ^a   Shibayama, Kenri ^a   Miyanaga, Satoru ^a   Yoshida, Hiroshi ^a   Miyazaki, Hidekazu ^a   Abe, Kunihiko ^a   Sugimoto, Ken Ichi ^a   Taniguchi, Ikuo ^a   Yoshimura, Michihiro ^a   more..

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955461443     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2010.05.025     Document Type: Article

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