An increase in right atrial magnetic strength is a novel predictor of recurrence of atrial fibrillation after radiofrequency catheter ablation

Circulation Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1601-1608

  Sato, Yoko ^a   Yoshida, Kentaro ^a   Ogata, Kuniomi ^b   Inaba, Takeshi ^a   Tada, Hiroshi ^a   Sekiguchi, Yukio ^a   Ito, Yoko ^a   Ishizu, Tomoko ^a   Seo, Yoshihiro ^a   Yamaguchi, Iwao ^a   Kandori, Akihiko ^b   Aonuma, Kazutaka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Magnetocardiogram; Pulmonary vein isolation (PVI); Right atrium

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BI ATRIAL MAGNETIC FIELD; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART RATE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; P WAVE; PREDICTION; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION, RIGHT; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84863191777     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-11-1419     Document Type: Article

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