Transesophageal echocardiography for the diagnosis of pulmonary vein stenosis after catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: A systematic review

Echocardiography

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1141-1146

  Stavrakis, Stavros ^a,b   Madden, George W ^b   Stoner, Julie A ^a   Sivaram, Chittur A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; pulmonary vein stenosis; transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

CATHETER ABLATION; CAVOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; COMORBIDITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY VENO-OCCLUSIVE DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78349252042     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2010.01250.x     Document Type: Review

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