The impact of age on the atrial substrate: Insights from patients with a low scar burden undergoing catheter ablation of persistent atrial fibrillation

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 287-294

  Yokokawa, Miki ^a   Latchamsetty, Rakesh ^a   Good, Eric ^a   Crawford, Thomas ^a   Jongnarangsin, Krit ^a   Pelosi Jr , Frank ^a   Bogun, Frank ^a   Oral, Hakan ^a   Morady, Fred ^a   Chugh, Aman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Left atrium; Substrate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; SCAR;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CICATRIX; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84864703471     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-011-9657-y     Document Type: Article

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