Localized reentry within the left atrial appendage: Arrhythmogenic role in patients undergoing ablation of persistent atrial fibrillation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1853-1861

  Hocini, Mélze ^a   Shah, Ashok J ^a   Nault, Isabelle ^a   Sanders, Prashanthan ^a   Wright, Matthew ^a   Narayan, Sanjiv M ^a   Takahashi, Yoshihide ^a   Jas, Pierre ^a   Matsuo, Seiichiro ^a   Knecht, Sébastien ^a   Sacher, Frédéric ^a   Lim, Kang Teng ^a   Clémenty, Jacques ^a   Hassaguerre, Michel ^a  

^a HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Atrial tachycardia; Catheter ablation; Left atrial appendage; Localized reentry; Persistent atrial fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CATHETER; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOCARDIOGRAPHY; SINUS RHYTHM; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 82455208901     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2011.07.013     Document Type: Article

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