Impact of mitral isthmus anatomy on the likelihood of achieving linear block in patients undergoing catheter ablation of persistent atrial fibrillation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1404-1410

  Yokokawa, Miki ^a   Sundaram, Baskaran ^a   Garg, Anubhav ^a   Stojanovska, Jadranka ^a   Oral, Hakan ^a   Morady, Fred ^a   Chugh, Aman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Computed tomography; Mitral isthmus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY SINUS; FEMALE; HEART; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL ISTHMUS; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE BLOCK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; HEART ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; RECURRENCE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84855512330     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2011.04.030     Document Type: Article

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