Duty-cycled bipolar/unipolar radiofrequency ablation for symptomatic atrial fibrillation induces significant pulmonary vein narrowing at long-term follow-up

Europace

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 690-696

  Compier, Marieke G ^a   Leong, Darryl P ^a   Marsan, Nina Ajmone ^a   Delgado, Victoria ^a   Zeppenfeld, Katja ^a   Schalij, Martin J ^a   Trines, Serge A ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Multi slice CT scan; Pulmonary vein narrowing; Pulmonary vein notching; PVAC catheter; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SINUS RHYTHM;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VENO-OCCLUSIVE DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84877282475     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eus420     Document Type: Article

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