The impact of anatomical remodeling of the left atrium and pulmonary vein on the recurrence of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation after catheter ablation

Int J Cardiol. 2014 Oct 20;176(3):1173-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.07.250. Epub 2014 Aug 4.

¹ Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Wan-Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan; Division of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Research Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
² Division of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Research Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Institute of Clinical Medicine, and Cardiovascular Research Institute, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
³ Division of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Research Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
⁴ Medical Department, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
⁵ Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Wan-Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
⁶ Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Wan-Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
⁷ National Yang-Ming University Hospital, Taiwan. Electronic address: [email protected].

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Keywords: Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Left atrial morphology; Recurrence.

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