Repeated provocation of time- and ATP-induced early pulmonary vein reconnections after pulmonary vein isolation: Eliminating paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in a single procedure

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 601-608

  Yamane, Teiichi ^a,b   Matsuo, Seiichiro ^a   Date, Taro ^a   Lellouche, Nicolas ^b   Hioki, Mika ^a   Narui, Ryosuke ^a   Ito, Keiichi ^a   Tanigawa, Shin Ichi ^a   Yamashita, Seigo ^a   Tokuda, Michifumi ^a   Yoshida, Hiroshi ^a   Inada, Keiichi ^a   Shibayama, Kenri ^a   Miyanaga, Satoru ^a   Miyazaki, Hidekazu ^a   Abe, Kunihiko ^a   Sugimoto, Ken Ichi ^a   Yoshimura, Michihiro ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Adenosine triphosphate; Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Dormant conduction; Pulmonary veins

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; DRUG EFFECT; HEART ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; INJECTION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PULMONARY VEIN; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84555205737     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.110.960138     Document Type: Article

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