Heart Rhythm
Volume 6, Issue 11 , Pages 1559-1564 , November 2009

Extracardiac structures are frequently present within close proximity to the left atrium: Relevance to catheter ablation

  • Seiji Takatsuki, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiology Department, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Seiji Takatsuki, Cardiology Department, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjukuku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan
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  • Minoru Yamada

      Affiliations

    • Radiology Department, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Kotaro Fukumoto, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiology Department, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Kojiro Tanimoto, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiology Department, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Masahiro Jinzaki, MD

      Affiliations

    • Radiology Department, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Sachio Kuribayashi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Radiology Department, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Satoshi Ogawa, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiology Department, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Received 29 April 2009 ,Accepted 28 July 2009.

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 The authors thank Jeffrey Annis for his linguistic advice.

PII: S1547-5271(09)00830-3

doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.07.049

Heart Rhythm
Volume 6, Issue 11 , Pages 1559-1564 , November 2009