Could successful cryoballoon ablation of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation prevent progressive left atrial remodeling?

Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Erdei, Tamás ^a,b   Dénes, Mánika ^b   Kardos, Attila ^b   Mihálcz, Attila ^b   Földesi, Csaba ^b   Temesvári, András ^b   Lengyel, Mária ^b  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b Hungarian Institute of Cardiology   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Cryoballoon catheter ablation; Echocardiography; Left atrial function; Left atrial remodeling; Left atrial size; Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOABLATION; CRYOBALLOON CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; LEFT ATRIAL REMODELLING; MALE; RECURRENT DISEASE; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; BALLOON DILATATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRYOSURGERY; ECHOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BALLOON DILATION; CRYOSURGERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84858322657     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14767120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-7120-10-11     Document Type: Article

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