Pulmonary vein isolation: The impact of pulmonary venous anatomy on long-term outcome of catheter ablation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 549-556

  McLellan, Alex J A ^a,b,c   Ling, Liang Han ^a,b,c   Ruggiero, Diego ^a,b   Wong, Michael C G ^a,c   Walters, Tomos E ^a,c   Nisbet, Ashley ^a,c   Shetty, Anoop K ^a,c   Azzopardi, Sonia ^a,b   Taylor, Andrew J ^a,b   Morton, Joseph B ^c   Kalman, Jonathan M ^c   Kistler, Peter M ^a,b,c  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ablation; Anatomy; Atrial fibrillation; Intervenous ridge; Pulmonary vein isolation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VEINS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84897091517     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2013.12.025     Document Type: Article

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