Modified Ablation Index: A Novel Determinant of Successful
First-Pass Left Atrial Posterior Wall Isolation
Satoshi Hayashida,
MD1, Koichi
Nagashima, MD, PhD1, Sayaka Kurokawa, MD,
PhD1, Masaru Arai, MD, PhD1, Ryuta
Watanabe, MD, PhD1, Yuji Wakamatsu,
MD1, Naoto Otsuka, MD1, Seina Yagyu,
MD1, Iso Kazuki, MD, PhD2, Yasuo
Okumura, MD, PhD1
1Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Nihon
University School of Medicine, 30-1 Ohyaguchi-kamicho, Itabashi-ku,
Tokyo 173-8610, Japan
2Division of Cardiology, Kawaguchi Municipal Medical
Center, 180 Nishiaraijyuku, Kawaguchi-shi, Saitama 333-0833, Japan
Address for correspondence
Koichi Nagashima, MD, PhD; Division of Cardiology, Department of
Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, 30-1 Ohyaguchi-kamicho,
Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-8610, Japan
Tel: +81-3-3972-8111
Fax: +81-3-3972-1098
E-mail: cocakochan@gmail.com
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Brief title: Modified AI as a Determinant of First-Pass LAPWI
The study was supported by departmental resources only, and the authors
have no conflict of interest to declare.