A novel finding of the atrial substrate properties and long-term results of catheter ablation in chronic atrial fibrillation patients with left atrial spontaneous echo contrast

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 239-246

  Hartono, Beny ^a,b   Lo, Li Wei ^a,c   Cheng, Chen Chuan ^a,c   Lin, Yenn Jiang ^a,c   Chang, Shih Lin ^a,c   Hu, Yu Feng ^a,c,d,f   Suenari, Kazuyoshi ^d,f   Hung Li, Cheng ^a   Chao, Tze Fan ^a   Liu, Shuen Hsin ^a   Niu, Ya Lei ^a   Chang, Hung Yu ^a,e   Ambrose, Kibos ^a   Yu, Wen Chung ^a,c   Hsu, Tsui Lieh ^a,c   Chen, Shih Ann ^a,c  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Binawaluya Cardiac Center   (Indonesia)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e CHENG HSIN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^f CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; catheter ablation; complex fractionated atrial electrograms; spontaneous echo contrast

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ARRHYTHMIA, SINUS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84858613884     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2011.02170.x     Document Type: Article

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