Impact of left atrial fibrosis and left atrial size on the outcome of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation

Heart

Volumn 97, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 1847-1851

  Den Uijl, Dennis W ^a   Delgado, Victoria ^a   Bertini, Matteo ^a   Tops, Laurens F ^a   Trines, Serge A ^a   Van De Veire, Nico R ^a   Zeppenfeld, Katja ^a   Schalij, Martin J ^a   Bax, Jeroen J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALIBRATED INTEGRATED BACKSCATTER; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; LEFT ATRIAL FIBROSIS; LEFT ATRIAL SIZE; LEFT ATRIAL WALL ULTRASOUND REFLECTIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE RISK; SINUS RHYTHM; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RECURRENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80055121905     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2010.215335     Document Type: Article

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