Adenosine Triphosphate Test after Cryothermal Pulmonary Vein Isolation: Creating Contiguous Lesions Is Essential for Eliminating Dormant Conduction

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1069-1074

  Miyazaki, Shinsuke ^a   Taniguchi, Hiroshi ^a   Nakamura, Hiroaki ^a   Hachiya, Hitoshi ^a   Ichihara, Noboru ^a   Araki, Makoto ^a   Kuroi, Akio ^a   Takagi, Takamitsu ^a   Iwasawa, Jin ^a   Hirao, Kenzo ^b   Iesaka, Yoshito ^a  

^a TSUCHIURA KYODO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

adenosine; atrial fibrillation; cryoablation; dormant conduction; pulmonary vein isolation

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CRYOABLATION; CRYOTHERMAL PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAPPING CATHETER; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRYOSURGERY; DRUG EFFECTS; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; PATIENT MONITORING; PROCEDURES; PULMONARY VEIN; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOSURGERY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84945495026     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jce.12726     Document Type: Article

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