Heart Rhythm
Volume 2, Issue 12 , Pages 1317-1323 , December 2005

Relationship of the esophagus and aorta to the left atrium and pulmonary veins: Implications for catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation

  • Ricardo C. Cury, MD

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    • Cardiac CT Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital–Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Suhny Abbara, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac CT Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital–Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Steven Schmidt, BS

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    • Cardiac CT Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital–Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Zachary J. Malchano, BS

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    • Cardiac Arrhythmia Service, Massachusetts General Hospital–Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Petr Neuzil, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac Arrhythmia Service, Na Homolce Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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  • Jiri Weichet, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac Arrhythmia Service, Na Homolce Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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  • Maros Ferencik, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac CT Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital–Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Udo Hoffmann, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac CT Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital–Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Jeremy N. Ruskin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac Arrhythmia Service, Massachusetts General Hospital–Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Thomas J. Brady, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac CT Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital–Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Vivek Y. Reddy, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac Arrhythmia Service, Massachusetts General Hospital–Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Vivek Y. Reddy, Cardiac Arrhythmia Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Gray-Bigelow 109, Boston, Massachusetts 02114.

Received 1 August 2005 ,Accepted 12 September 2005.

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 This work was supported in part by an NIH K23 award (HL68064-02) to Dr. Reddy.

PII: S1547-5271(05)02104-1

doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2005.09.012

Heart Rhythm
Volume 2, Issue 12 , Pages 1317-1323 , December 2005