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1949-8462 (online) |
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© The Author(s) 2017. Published by Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved. |
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Baishideng Publishing Group Inc, 7041 Koll Center Parkway, Suite 160, Pleasanton, CA 94566, USA |
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http://www.wjgnet.com |
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Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems |
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Clinical Trials Study |
| Article Title |
Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation facilitated by preprocedural three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography: Long-term outcome
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Invited Manuscript |
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Klaus Kettering, Felix Gramley and Stephan von Bardeleben |
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| Corresponding Author |
Klaus Kettering, MD, Department of Cardiology, University of Frankfurt, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590 Frankfurt, Germany. klaus.kettering@t-online.de |
| Key Words |
Pulmonary veins; Catheter ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Transesophageal echocardiography; Three-dimensional echocardiography |
| Core Tip |
Three-dimensional (3-D) transesophageal echocardiography has been shown to be a useful tool for analysing the individual left atrial morphology prior to an ablation procedure. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether favourable long-term results can be obtained by catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation after prior pulmonary vein imaging using 3-D transesophageal echocardiography. In 50 patients, 3-D transesophageal echocardiography was performed immediately prior to an ablation procedure. The image quality was excellent in the majority of patients and several variations of the pulmonary vein anatomy could be visualized precisely. At 48-mo follow-up, 68.0% of all patients were free from an arrhythmia recurrence. |
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2017-06-26 00:49 |
| Citation |
Kettering K, Gramley F, von Bardeleben S. Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation facilitated by preprocedural three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography: Long-term outcome. World J Cardiol 2017; 9(6): 539-546 |
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http://www.wjgnet.com/1949-8462/full/v9/i6/539.htm |
| DOI |
http://dx.doi.org/10.4330/wjc.v9.i6.539 |
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