Dormant pulmonary vein conduction induced by adenosine in patients with atrial fibrillation who underwent catheter ablation

American Heart Journal

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 188-196

  Matsuo, Seiichiro ^a   Yamane, Teiichi ^a   Date, Taro ^a   Lellouche, Nicolas ^b   Tokutake, Ken Ichi ^a   Hioki, Mika ^a   Ito, Keiichi ^a   Narui, Ryohsuke ^a   Tanigawa, Shin Ichi ^a   Nakane, Tokiko ^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 HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REPEAT PROCEDURE;

ADENOSINE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650284718     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2010.10.016     Document Type: Article

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