Left atrial volumetry from routine diagnostic work up prior to pulmonary vein ablation is a good predictor of freedom from atrial fibrillation

European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 684-691

  Sohns, Christian ^a   Sohns, Jan M ^a   Vollmann, Dirk ^a   Lüthje, Lars ^a   Bergau, Leonard ^a   Dorenkamp, Marc ^b   Zwaka, Paul A ^a   Hasenfuß, Gerd ^a   Lotz, Joachim ^a   Zabel, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Left atrium; Multidetector computed tomography; Pulmonary vein ablation

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RADIOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOLUMETRY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; LEFT ATRIUM; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PULMONARY VEIN ABLATION;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; CATHETER ABLATION; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ORGAN SIZE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84879203983     PISSN: 20472404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jet017     Document Type: Article

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