Impact of variant pulmonary vein anatomy and image integration on long-term outcome after catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation

Europace

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1691-1697

  Hunter, Ross J ^a   Ginks, Matthew ^a   Ang, Richard ^a   Diab, Ihab ^a   Goromonzi, Farai C ^a   Page, Stephen ^a   Baker, Victoria ^a   Richmond, Laura ^a   Tayebjee, Muzahir ^a   Sporton, Simon ^a   Earley, Mark J ^a   Schilling, Richard J ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AF; Atrial anatomy; Catheter ablation; Efficacy; Image integration; Outcome; Venous anatomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RECURRENT DISEASE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VEINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78649363620     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euq322     Document Type: Article

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