Association between left and right atrial remodeling with atrial fibrillation recurrence after pulmonary vein catheter ablation in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation a pilot study

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 524-531

  Akutsu, Yasushi ^a   Kaneko, Kyouichi ^a   Kodama, Yusuke ^a   Suyama, Jumpei ^a   Li, Hui Ling ^a   Hamazaki, Yuji ^a   Tanno, Kaoru ^a   Gokan, Takehiko ^a   Kobayashi, Youichi ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Multidetector computed tomography; Right atrial remodeling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT ATRIUM REMODELING; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM REMODELING; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY VEIN; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; INNERVATION; MIDDLE AGED; PAROXYSMAL TACHYCARDIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; ATRIAL FUNCTION, RIGHT; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; TACHYCARDIA, PAROXYSMAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80555143044     PISSN: 19419651     EISSN: 19420080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.110.962761     Document Type: Article

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