Influence of left atrial size on the outcome of pulmonary vein isolation in patients with atrial fibrillation

Kardiologia Polska

Volumn 72, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1135-1140

  Kiliszek, Marek ^a   Miązek, Nina ^a   Peller, Michał ^a   Gajda, Sylwia ^a   Koźluk, Edward ^a   Lodziński, Piotr ^a   Kapłon Cies̈licka, Agnieszka ^a   Piątkowski, Radosław ^a   Budaj Fidecka, Anna ^a   Balsam, Paweł ^a   Opolski, Grzegorz ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

AF ablation; Atrial fibrillation (AF); Left atrial size; Pulmonary vein isolation

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR MAPPING CATHETER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CATHETER; HEART LEFT ATRIUM SIZE; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; IRRIGATED CATHETER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NON IRRIGATED CATHETER; PROGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; TACHYCARDIA; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; AGED; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEART ATRIUM; ORGAN SIZE; PROCEDURES; PULMONARY VEIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PULMONARY VEINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84921488088     PISSN: 00229032     EISSN: 18974279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5603/KP.a2014.0135     Document Type: Article

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