Impact of preprocedural imaging on outcomes of catheter ablation in patients with atrial fibrillation

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 255-262

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Computedtomography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Preproceduralimaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RETROPERITONEAL HEMORRHAGE; SINUS RHYTHM; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PULMONARY VEINS; REGISTRIES; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84864717951     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-011-9660-3     Document Type: Article

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