The impact of atrial fibrillation ablation on left atrial function: Association with baseline left atrial function

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 327-334

  Masuda, Masaharu ^a,b   Inoue, Koichi ^a   Iwakura, Katsuomi ^a   Okamura, Atsunori ^a   Koyama, Yasushi ^a   Kimura, Ryusuke ^a   Toyoshima, Yuko ^a   Ito, Norihisa ^a   Komuro, Issei ^b   Fujii, Kenshi ^a  

^a Sakurabashi Watanabe Hospital   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; atrial function; catheter ablation; computed tomography; pulmonary vein isolation

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; SENESCENCE; SINUS RHYTHM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84857993438     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2011.03284.x     Document Type: Article

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