Radiofrequency Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With Mechanical Mitral Valve Prostheses

Authors : Ayman A. Hussein, MD*; Oussama M. Wazni, MD*; Serge Harb, MD*; Lee Joseph, MD*; Mohammed Chamsi-Pasha, MD*; Mandeep Bhargava, MD*; David O. Martin, MD*; Thomas Dresing, MD*; Thomas Callahan, MD*; Mohamed Kanj, MD*; Andrea Natale, MD; Bruce D. Lindsay, MD*; and Walid I. Saliba, MD*;

Affiliations : correspondence: Dr. Walid I. Saliba, Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine/J2-2, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44195 (Email: salibaw@ccf.org).

Journal : Journal of the American College of Cardiology   (2011)

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Determinants of echocardiographic left atrial volume: implications for normalcy

Authors : Nistri S; Galderisi M; Ballo P; Olivotto I; D'Andrea A; Pagliani L; Santoro A; Papesso B; Innelli P; Cecchi F; Mondillo S;

Affiliations : CMSR Veneto Medica, Via Vicenza 204, 36077, Altavilla Vicentina (VI), Italy. Tel: +39 0444225111, Fax: +39 0444255199, Email: snistr@tin.it

Journal : Europace   (2011)

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Plasma B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Levels and Recurrent Arrhythmia After Successful Ablation of Lone Atrial Fibrillation

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Affiliations : Correspondence to Oussama M. Wazni, MD, Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine/J2–2, 9500 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44195. E-mail waznio@ccf.org

Journal : Original Articles   (2011)

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An Underrecognized Trigger Site of Atrial Fibrillation

Authors : J. David Burkhardt, MD; Prasant Mohanty, MBBS, MPH; Javier Sanchez, MD; Sanghamitra Mohanty, MD; Rodney Horton, MD; G. Joseph Gallinghouse, MD; Shane M. Bailey, MD; Jason D. Zagrodzky, MD; Pasquale Santangeli, MD; Steven Hao, MD; Richard Hongo, MD; Salwa Beheiry, MD; Sakis Themistoclakis, MD; Aldo Bonso, MD; Antonio Rossillo, MD; Andrea Corrado, MD; Antonio Raviele, MD; Amin Al-Ahmad, MD; Paul Wang, MD; Jennifer E. Cummings, MD; Robert A. Schweikert, MD; Gemma Pelargonio, MD; Antonio Dello Russo, MD; Michela Casella, MD; Pietro Santarelli, MD; William R. Lewis, MD;

Affiliations : Correspondence to Andrea Natale, MD, Executive Medical Director, Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute, St. David’s Medical Center, 1015 E 32nd St, Suite 516, Austin, TX 78705. E-mail dr.natale@gmail.com

Journal : Arrhythmia/Electrophysiology   (2010)

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Advances in the hospital management of patients following an out of hospital cardiac arrest

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Affiliations : Dr Pascal Meier, Director Yale, UCL Device Development Program, The Heart Hospital London, University College London Hospital Trust, London, UK; pascalmeier74@gmail.com

Journal : N/A   (2012 )

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Cryoballoon ablation for atrial fibrillation guided by real-time three-dimensional transoesophageal echocardiography: a feasibility study

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Affiliations : Corresponding author. Tel: +39 0224209461; fax: +39 0224209085. E-mail address: lucaottaviano@alice.it

Journal : N/A   (2013)

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Personalized management of atrial fibrillation: Proceedings from the fourth Atrial Fibrillation competence NETwork/European Heart Rhythm Association consensus conference

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Affiliations : University of Birmingham Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences and SWBH NHS Trust, Institute for Biomedical Research, 1st Floor, Room 136, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany AFNET, Germany CHU de Nancy, Nancy, France Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA Fondazione Cardiocentro Ticino, Lugano, Switzerland St. Jude Medical, St. Paul, MN, USA Department of Cardiology, University of Leiden Medical Center, Leiden, NL, The Netherlands Department of Cardiology, Institution of Medical Science, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark Meda Pharma SAS, Paris, France University Medical Centre Mannheim (UMM), Faculty of Medicine Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Ingelheim, Germany The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA University of Oxford, Oxford, UK University Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands Daiichi Sankyo Europe GmbH, Munich, Germany University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, Wynnewood, PA, USA CRI—The Clinical Research Institute, Munich, Germany Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany University of Calgary/Libin, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Garibaldi-Nesima Hospital, Catania, Italy Bristol-Myers Squibb, Munich, Germany University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland Faculté de Médecine Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France Charité Berlin, Berlin, Germany University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium Hôpital Cardologique du Haut-Lévêque and the Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux II, Bordeaux, France University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic Klinik St. Georg, Hanseatisches Herzzentrum, Hamburg, Germany Isar Herzzentrum, Munich, Germany Medtronic International Trading Sàrl, Tolochenaz, Switzerland Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain Pfizer Deutschland GmbH, Berlin, Germany Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark Städtisches Klinikum Brandenburg, Brandenburg, Germany Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey Medizinische Universität Graz, Graz, Austria University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA Bristol-Myers Squibb, Rueil-Malmaison, Paris, France Bayer Vital GmbH, Leverkusen, Germany St. Jude Medical, Zaventem, Belgium Boston Scientific, St. Paul, MN, USA Zentrum für Kardiologie am Klinikum Starnberg, Starnberg, Germany Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland Ettore Sansavini Health Science Foundation, Cotignola, Italy Ospedale dell'Angelo, Mestre-Venice, Venice, Italy Bayer Pharma AG, Berlin, Germany University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands Sanofi Aventis Deutschland GmbH, Berlin, Germany University College Hospital, London, UK University Heart Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany St. George's Hospital Medical School, London, UK

Journal : N/A   (2013)

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Pulmonary vein isolation in patients with Brugada syndrome and atrial fibrillation: a 2-year follow-up

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Affiliations : Heart Rhythm Management Centre, UZ Brussel-VUB, Laarbeeklaan 101, 1090 Brussels, Belgium

Journal : N/A   (2013)

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Repeat procedure using radiofrequency energy for recurrence of atrial fibrillation after initial cryoballoon ablation: a 2-year follow-up

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Affiliations : Heart Rhythm Management Centre, UZ Brussel-VUB, Laarbeeklaan 101, 1090 Brussels, Belgium

Journal : N/A   (2013)

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Correlation Between Signal-Averaged ECG and the Histologic Evaluation of the Myocardial Substrate in Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Arrhythmias

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Affiliations : From the Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute, St David’s Medical Center, Austin, TX (P.S., L.D.B., A.M., J.D.B., A.N.); the Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas, Austin (L.D.B., A.N.); the Department of Cardiology, University of Foggia, Italy (P.S.,L.D.B.); Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy (M.P., G.P., F.B., P.S.); Cardiac Arrhythmia Research Centre, Centro Cardiologico Monzino, Milan, Italy (A.D.R., M.C., C.T.); and the Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, San Donato Hospital, Arezzo, Italy (M.P.).

Journal : N/A   (2012)

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