Right atrial anatomical remodeling affects early outcomes of nonvalvular atrial fibrillation after radiofrequency ablation

Circulation Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 860-867

  Moon, Jeonggeun ^a   Hong, Yoo Jin ^b   Shim, Jaemin ^b   Hwang, Hye Jin ^b   Kim, Jong Youn ^b   Pak, Hui Nam ^b   Lee, Moon Hyoung ^b   Joung, Boyoung ^b  

^a Gachon University   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Remodeling; Right atrium

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM REMODELING; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDSYSTOLIC VOLUME; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HEART SURGERY; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SINUS RHYTHM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECURRENCE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84858960582     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-11-1232     Document Type: Article

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