Impact of asymmetrical dilatation of the left atrium on the long-term success after catheter ablation of a trial fibrillation

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 315-317

  Nedios, Sotirios ^a   Koutalas, Emmanuel ^a   Kosiuk, Jedrzej ^a   Sommer, Philipp ^a   Arya, Arash ^a   Richter, Sergio ^a   Rolf, Sascha ^a   Husser, Daniela ^a   Hindricks, Gerhard ^a   Bollmann, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG HEART CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ablation; Asymmetry index; Atrial fibrillation; Left atrial diameter; Predictor; Sphericity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASYMMETRICAL LEFT ATRIUM DILATATION; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REGISTER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; AGED; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM REMODELING; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRENDS;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL REMODELING; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84933516679     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.02.078     Document Type: Article

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