Associations between the atrial electromechanical interval, atrial remodelling and outcome of catheter ablation in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Heart

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 225-230

  Chao, Tze Fan ^a,b   Sung, Shih Hsien ^a,b   Wang, Kang Ling ^a,b   Lin, Yenn Jiang ^a,b   Chang, Shih Lin ^a,b   Lo, Li Wei ^a,b   Hu, Yu Feng ^a,b   Tuan, Ta Chuan ^a,b   Suenari, Kazuyoshi ^a,c   Li, Cheng Hung ^a,b   Ueng, Kuo Chang ^d   Wu, Tsu Juey ^e   Chen, Shih Ann ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A WAVE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; P WAVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78651279486     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2010.212373     Document Type: Article

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