Relation between left atrial wall thickness in patients with atrial fibrillation and intracardiac electrogram characteristics and ATP-provoked dormant pulmonary vein conduction

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 597-605

  Takahashi, Keiko ^a   Okumura, Yasuo ^a   Watanabe, Ichiro ^a   Nagashima, Koichi ^a   Sonoda, Kazumasa ^a   Sasaki, Naoko ^a   Kogawa, Rikitake ^a   Iso, Kazuki ^a   Ohkubo, Kimie ^a   Nakai, Toshiko ^a   Hirayama, Atsushi ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; left atrial wall thickness; PA LA junction wall thickness

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT ATRIUM WALL THICKNESS; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN CONDUCTION; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; THICKNESS; AGED; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFECTS; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM REMODELING; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL REMODELING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84930762045     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jce.12660     Document Type: Article

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