Usefulness of transoesophageal echocardiography before circumferential pulmonary vein ablation in patients with atrial fibrillation: Is it really mandatory?

Europace

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 486-491

  Calvo, N ^a   Mont, L ^a   Vidal, B ^a   Nadal, M ^a   Montserrat, S ^a   Andreu, D ^a   Tamborero, D ^a   Pare, C ^a   Azqueta, M ^a   Berruezo, A ^a   Brugada, J ^a   Sitges, M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Thrombus; Transoesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ENOXAPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIRCUMFERENTIAL PULMONARY VEIN ABLATION; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINUS RHYTHM; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 79953804461     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euq456     Document Type: Article

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