The significance of the shape of the left atrial roof as a novel index for determining the electrophysiological and structural characteristics in patients with atrial fibrillation

Europace

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 803-808

  Kurotobi, Toshiya ^a,c   Iwakura, Katsuomi ^b   Inoue, Koichi ^b   Kimura, Ryusuke ^b   Toyoshima, Yuko ^b   Ito, Norihisa ^b   Mizuno, Hiroya ^c   Shimada, Yoshihisa ^a   Fujii, Kenshi ^b   Nanto, Shinsuke ^c   Komuro, Issei ^c  

^a Shiroyama Hospital   (Japan)

^b Sakurabashi Watanabe Hospital   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Pulmonary vein; Remodelling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT ATRIUM ROOF; HUMAN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; SHAPE; VEIN DIAMETER;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY VEINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79957924113     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eur039     Document Type: Article

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