LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY IS RELATED TO INCREASED FIBROSIS IN THE LEFT ATRIUM AND HIGHER RECURRENCE RATE FOLLOWING CATHETER ABLATION OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION

Mehmet Akkaya; Koji Higuchi; Nazem Akoum; Nathan Burgon; Kavitha Damal; Derek Chang; Eugene Kholmovski; Nassir Marrouche

doi:10.1016/S0735-1097(12)61235-2

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LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY IS RELATED TO INCREASED FIBROSIS IN THE LEFT ATRIUM AND HIGHER RECURRENCE RATE FOLLOWING CATHETER ABLATION OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION

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LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY IS RELATED TO INCREASED FIBROSIS IN THE LEFT ATRIUM AND HIGHER RECURRENCE RATE FOLLOWING CATHETER ABLATION OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION

Mehmet Akkaya, Koji Higuchi, Nazem Akoum, Nathan Burgon, Kavitha Damal, Derek Chang, Eugene Kholmovski and Nassir Marrouche

Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Vol.59(13), pp.E1235-E1235

03/27/2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0735-1097(12)61235-2

Abstract

Cardiac arrhythmia

Catheters

Cox-regression analysis showed that patients with LVH also had significantly higher AF recurrence rates than non-LVH patients (41.09% vs. 28.51%; P < 0.05) during the one-year follow-up period post-ablation.

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Title: LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY IS RELATED TO INCREASED FIBROSIS IN THE LEFT ATRIUM AND HIGHER RECURRENCE RATE FOLLOWING CATHETER ABLATION OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
Creators: Mehmet Akkaya
Koji Higuchi
Nazem Akoum
Nathan Burgon
Kavitha Damal
Derek Chang
Eugene Kholmovski
Nassir Marrouche
Publication Details: Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Vol.59(13), pp.E1235-E1235
Publisher: Elsevier Limited
Identifiers: 991005956261402656
Academic Unit: Cardiology
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article