Local coronary flow is associated with an unsuccessful complete block line at the mitral isthmus in patients with atrial fibrillation

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 838-843

  Kurotobi, Toshiya ^a,c   Shimada, Yoshihisa ^a   Kino, Naoto ^a   Iwakura, Katsuomi ^b   Inoue, Koichi ^b   Kimura, Ryusuke ^b   Tosyoshima, Yuko ^b   Mizuno, Hiroya ^c   Okuyama, Yuji ^c   Fujii, Kenshi ^b   Nanto, Shinsuke ^c   Komuro, Issei ^c  

^a Shiroyama Hospital   (Japan)

^b Sakurabashi Watanabe Hospital   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Circulation; Electrophysiology mapping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY SINUS; FEMALE; HEART; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL ISTHMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RISK FACTOR; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CINEANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; JAPAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CINEANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY SINUS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PULMONARY VEINS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 84857080045     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.111.964478     Document Type: Article

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