Electroanatomic remodelling of the pulmonary veins associated with age

Europace

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 46-51

  Teh, Andrew W ^a,b,c   Kalman, Jonathan M ^a,b   Lee, Geoffrey ^a,b   Medi, Caroline ^a,b   Heck, Patrick M ^a,b   Ling, Lian Han ^a,b,c   Kumar, Saurabh ^a,b   Spence, Steven J ^a,b   Morton, Joseph B ^a,b   Kistler, Peter M ^a,b,c  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Electroanatomic mapping; Pulmonary veins; Voltage mapping

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROANATOMIC MAPPING; ELECTRODE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CATHETER; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84055184357     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eur275     Document Type: Article

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