Impact of pulmonary vein antrum isolation on left atrial size and function in patients with atrial fibrillation

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 201-209

  Hof, Irene E ^a   Vonken, Evert Jan ^a   Velthuis, Birgitta K ^a   Wittkampf, Fred H ^a   Van Der Heijden, Jeroen F ^a   Neven, Kars G ^a   Kassenberg, Wil ^a   Meine, Mathias ^a   Cramer, Maarten J ^a   Hauer, Richard N ^a   Loh, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Left atrium; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pulmonary vein antrum isolation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; LEFT ATRIAL EJECTION FRACTION; LEFT ATRIAL FIBROSIS; LEFT ATRIAL SIZE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC USE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOBUTROL; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; CATHETER ABLATION; COMORBIDITY; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PULMONARY VEINS; RADIO WAVES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84901285918     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-013-9860-0     Document Type: Article

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