Since the pioneering work of Haissaguerre and colleagues, our understanding of the anatomy and electrical properties of the PVs has been greatly advanced. Although other sources of AF have been ...

4 Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Objective We aimed to compare cryoballoon pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) with standard radiofrequency ...

bu.edu Background Recent hospital-based studies have suggested a sixfold increased risk of pulmonary embolism (PE) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in the year following admission. We evaluated the risk ...

Electrogram recordings in a patient with a focal pulmonary vein (PV) tachycardia originating from the right upper PV (RUPV). The fluoroscopic image (left anterior oblique projection) in (A ...

If a patient has symptoms suggestive of COPD (e.g., persistent or worsening shortness of breath), the diagnosis can be confirmed with a pulmonary function test called spirometry. Laboratory and ...

Compared with a sham procedure, pulmonary vein isolation resulted in a statistically significant and clinically important decrease in atrial fibrillation (AFib) burden at six months, according to ...

Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is an exercise and education programme designed to help people with lung disease in managing symptoms of chronic breathlessness. This document sets out standards that ...

Pathology and radiology are complimentary tools, and their joint application is often crucial ... Therefore, this technique is suitable to selectively investigate changes in the large and small ...

Abdominal venous thrombosis is a rare form of venous thromboembolic disease in children. While mortality rates are low, a significant proportion of affected children may suffer long-term morbidity.

Imaging technologies have been used to orient the operator to the anatomy and the location of the ablation catheters in this anatomy. With fluoroscopy alone, it is difficult to determine anterior ...