Interatrial block and interatrial septal thickness in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation undergoing catheter ablation: Long-term follow-up study

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Gul, Enes E ^a   Pal, Raveen ^a   Caldwell, Jane ^b   Boles, Usama ^a   Hopman, Wilma ^a   Glover, Benedict ^a   Michael, Kevin A ^a   Redfearn, Damian ^a   Simpson, Chris ^a   Abdollah, Hoshiar ^a   Baranchuk, Adrian ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HULL AND EAST YORKSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; interatrial bock; interatrial septal thickness; recurrence

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; IOHEXOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HUMAN; INTERATRIAL BLOCK; INTERATRIAL SEPTAL THICKNESS; INTERATRIAL SEPTUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; P WAVE; PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THERAPY EFFECT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHOMETRY; PROCEDURES; TIME; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL SEPTUM; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; INTERATRIAL BLOCK; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 85007198022     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: 1542474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anec.12428     Document Type: Article

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