Lone atrial fibrillation as a positive predictor of left atrial volume reduction following ablation of atrial fibrillation

Europace

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 26-32

  Fredersdorf, Sabine ^a   Ücer, Ekrem ^a   Jungbauer, Carsten ^a   Dornia, Christian ^a   Eglmeier, Julia ^a   Eissnert, Christoph ^a   Hamer, Okka W ^a   Weber, Stefan ^a   Arzt, Michael ^a   Von Bary, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ablation for atrial fibrillation; Arterial hypertension; Clinical predictor; Left atrial volume reduction; Lone atrial fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VOLUME; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEFT ATRIAL VOLUME REDUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PAROXYSMAL HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABLATION FOR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION; CLINICAL PREDICTOR; LEFT ATRIAL VOLUME REDUCTION; LONE ATRIAL FIBRILLATION;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84891350701     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eut152     Document Type: Article

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