Long-term effects of catheter ablation for lone atrial fibrillation: Progressive atrial electroanatomic substrate remodeling despite successful ablation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 473-480

  Teh, Andrew W ^a   Kistler, Peter M ^a,b   Lee, Geoffrey ^a   Medi, Caroline ^a   Heck, Patrick M ^a   Spence, Steven J ^a   Morton, Joseph B ^a   Sanders, Prashanthan ^c   Kalman, Jonathan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Electroanatomic mapping; Mechanisms; Remodeling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STROKE VOLUME; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84859333233     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2011.11.013     Document Type: Article

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