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"Electrically silent" pulmonary veins connecting to the right atrium: does the atrium make the difference? / Steven, Daniel; Rostock, Thomas; Salukhe, Tushar; Müllerleile, Kai; Willems, Stephan.

In: PACE, Vol. 35, No. 3, 03.2012, p. 69-72.

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Harvard

Steven, D, Rostock, T, Salukhe, T, Müllerleile, K & Willems, S 2012, '"Electrically silent" pulmonary veins connecting to the right atrium: does the atrium make the difference?', PACE, vol. 35, no. 3, pp. 69-72. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-8159.2010.02962.x

APA

Steven, D., Rostock, T., Salukhe, T., Müllerleile, K., & Willems, S. (2012). "Electrically silent" pulmonary veins connecting to the right atrium: does the atrium make the difference? PACE, 35(3), 69-72. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-8159.2010.02962.x

Vancouver

Steven D, Rostock T, Salukhe T, Müllerleile K, Willems S. "Electrically silent" pulmonary veins connecting to the right atrium: does the atrium make the difference? PACE. 2012 Mar;35(3):69-72. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-8159.2010.02962.x

Bibtex

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title = "{"}Electrically silent{"} pulmonary veins connecting to the right atrium: does the atrium make the difference?",
abstract = "Pulmonary veins (PVs) usually drain into the left atrium (LA) and are frequently targeted for electrical isolation, since it became evident that PVs may trigger and maintain paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF). We present a patient with right-sided PVs anomalously connecting to the right atrium with lack of electrical PV-atrial connection. Therefore, isolation of the left veins was performed resulting in freedom from AF as shown during a midterm follow-up. These findings indicate that PV connection to the LA may be a prerequisite for the arrhythmogenic properties of the PVs causing AF.",
keywords = "Atrial Fibrillation/physiopathology, Catheter Ablation, Female, Heart Atria/physiopathology, Heart Conduction System/physiopathology, Humans, Middle Aged, Pulmonary Veins/physiopathology, Treatment Outcome",
author = "Daniel Steven and Thomas Rostock and Tushar Salukhe and Kai M{\"u}llerleile and Stephan Willems",
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T1 - "Electrically silent" pulmonary veins connecting to the right atrium: does the atrium make the difference?

AU - Steven, Daniel

AU - Rostock, Thomas

AU - Salukhe, Tushar

AU - Müllerleile, Kai

AU - Willems, Stephan

N1 - ©2010, The Authors. Journal compilation ©2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

PY - 2012/3

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N2 - Pulmonary veins (PVs) usually drain into the left atrium (LA) and are frequently targeted for electrical isolation, since it became evident that PVs may trigger and maintain paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF). We present a patient with right-sided PVs anomalously connecting to the right atrium with lack of electrical PV-atrial connection. Therefore, isolation of the left veins was performed resulting in freedom from AF as shown during a midterm follow-up. These findings indicate that PV connection to the LA may be a prerequisite for the arrhythmogenic properties of the PVs causing AF.

AB - Pulmonary veins (PVs) usually drain into the left atrium (LA) and are frequently targeted for electrical isolation, since it became evident that PVs may trigger and maintain paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF). We present a patient with right-sided PVs anomalously connecting to the right atrium with lack of electrical PV-atrial connection. Therefore, isolation of the left veins was performed resulting in freedom from AF as shown during a midterm follow-up. These findings indicate that PV connection to the LA may be a prerequisite for the arrhythmogenic properties of the PVs causing AF.

KW - Atrial Fibrillation/physiopathology

KW - Catheter Ablation

KW - Female

KW - Heart Atria/physiopathology

KW - Heart Conduction System/physiopathology

KW - Humans

KW - Middle Aged

KW - Pulmonary Veins/physiopathology

KW - Treatment Outcome

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EP - 72

JO - PACE

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