Pulmonary vein anatomy predicts freedom from atrial fibrillation using remote magnetic navigation for circumferential pulmonary vein ablation

Europace

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1136-1142

  Sohns, Christian ^a,b   Sohns, Jan M ^a   Bergau, Leonard ^a   Sossalla, Samuel ^a   Vollmann, Dirk ^a   Lüthje, Lars ^a   Staab, Wieland ^a   Dorenkamp, Marc ^c   Harrison, James L ^b   O'Neill, Mark D ^b   Lotz, Joachim ^a   Zabel, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Multidetector computed tomography; Pulmonary vein ablation; Pulmonary vein anatomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; REMOTE MAGNETIC NAVIGATION; SINUS RHYTHM; STEREOTAXIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84880953275     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eut059     Document Type: Article

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