Pulmonary vein isolation by radiosurgery: Implications for non-invasive treatment of atrial fibrillation

Europace

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1868-1874

  Bode, Frank ^a   Blanck, Oliver ^a   Gebhard, Maximilian ^a   Hunold, Peter ^a   Grossherr, Martin ^a   Brandt, Sebastian ^a   Vonthein, Reinhard ^a   Thiele, Holger ^a   Dunst, Juergen ^a   Rades, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Pulmonary vein isolation; Radiation; Radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BRONCHIALMEDIASTINAL FISTULA; BRONCHUS FISTULA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL PIG; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GOTTINGEN MINIPIG; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART EXCITATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HISTOLOGY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PREMATURE MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; RADIATION DOSE ESCALATION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOSURGERY; SCAR FORMATION; SEPSIS; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART PACING; MINIPIG; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PIG; PROCEDURES; RADIATION RESPONSE; TIME FACTOR;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; MODELS, ANIMAL; PULMONARY VEINS; RADIOSURGERY; SWINE; SWINE, MINIATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84960124418     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euu406     Document Type: Article

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