Roles of the left atrial roof and pulmonary veins in the anatomic substrate for persistent atrial fibrillation and ablation in a canine model

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 56, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 1728-1736

  Nishida, Kunihiro ^a,c   Sarrazin, Jean Franois ^b   Fujiki, Akira ^c   Oral, Hakan ^b   Inoue, Hiroshi ^c   Morady, Fred ^b   Nattel, Stanley ^a  

^a MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

ablation; atrial fibrillation; electrophysiology; re entry

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DOG; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART SURGERY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; LEFT ATRIAL ROOF ABLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN ENCIRCLING ABLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REFRACTORY PERIOD; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; PULMONARY VEINS;

EID: 78349244797     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2010.05.051     Document Type: Article

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