Reversal of spherical remodelling of the left atrium after pulmonary vein isolation: Incidence and predictors

Europace

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 840-847

  Bisbal, Felipe ^a,b   Guiu, Esther ^a,b   Cabanas, Pilar ^a   Calvo, Naiara ^a   Berruezo, Antonio ^a,b   Tolosana, José María ^a,b   Arbelo, Elena ^a,b   Vidal, Bárbara ^a,b   De Caralt, Teresa María ^a,b   Sitges, Marta ^a,b   Brugada, Josep ^a,b   Mont, Lluís ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial volume; Catheter ablation; Magnetic resonance; Remodelling; Spherical reverse remodelling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; FEMALE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT ATRIUM VOLUME; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEFT ATRIAL SPHERICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAROXYSMAL HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCAR FORMATION; SPHERICAL REVERSE REMODELLING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM REMODELING; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY VEIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL REMODELING; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CATHETER ABLATION; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY VEINS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84896914975     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eut385     Document Type: Article

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