Anatomical observations of the pulmonary veins with intracardiac echocardiography and hemodynamic consequences of narrowing of pulmonary vein ostial diameters after radiofrequency catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation

Monique R.M Jongbloed; Jeroen J Bax; Katja Zeppenfeld; Ernst E van der Wall; Martin J Schalij

doi:10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.02.019

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Anatomical observations of the pulmonary veins with intracardiac echocardiography and hemodynamic consequences of narrowing of pulmonary vein ostial diameters after radiofrequency catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation

Monique R.M Jongbloed, MD
Monique R.M Jongbloed
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Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Jeroen J Bax, MD, PhD
Jeroen J Bax
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Dr. Bax's address is: Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands.
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Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Katja Zeppenfeld, MD, PhD
Katja Zeppenfeld
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Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Ernst E van der Wall, MD, PhD
Ernst E van der Wall
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Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Martin J Schalij, MD, PhD
Martin J Schalij
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Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.02.019

Abstract

Intracardiac echocardiography was used to explore pulmonary venous (PV) anatomy and to monitor PV stenosis in 31 patients referred for radiofrequency catheter ablation at PV ostia. Interindividual variations in PV anatomy and insertion in the left atrium were observed. Narrowing of PV ostia after radiofrequency catheter ablation did not produce significant hemodynamic changes.

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Accepted: February 5, 2004

Received in revised form: February 5, 2004

Received: November 11, 2003

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