Acute response and rhythm
outcome after the patchy late-gadolinium enhancement site catheter
ablation in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation
Kunihiko Kiuchi, MD, FHRS†, Koji Fukuzawa, MD†, Mitsuru Takami, MD†,
Yoshiaki Watanabe, MD‡, Yu Izawa, MD†, Mayumi Shigeru, MD§,
Hiroyuki Oonishi, RT§, Hideya Suehiro, MD†, Tomomi Akita, MD†,
Makoto Takemoto, MD†, Atsusuke Yatomi MD†, Toshihiro Nakamura MD†,
Jun Sakai MD†, Kazutaka Nakasone, MD†, Yusuke Sonoda, MD†,
Kyoko Yamamoto, MD†, Hiroyuki Takahara, MD†, Noriyuki Negi, RT ¶,
Katsusuke Kyotani, RT ¶, Atsushi Kono, MD‡, Ken-ichi Hirata, MD†
†Section of Arrhythmia, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department
of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine
‡Division of Radiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University
Graduate School of Medicine
§Kobe Circulation Clinic
¶Division of Diagnostic Imaging, Department of Diagnostic Radiology,
Kobe University Hospital