Formation of Low Voltage
Zones on the Anterior Left Atrial Wall Due to Mechanical Compression by
the Ascending Aorta
Satoshi Hayashida,
MD,1,2 Koichi Nagashima, MD, PhD,1Sayaka Kurokawa, MD, PhD,1 Masaru Arai, MD,
PhD,1 Ryuta Watanabe, MD, PhD,1 Yuji
Wakamatsu, MD,1 Naoto Otsuka, MD,1Seina Yagyu, MD,1 Kazuki Iso, MD,
PhD,2 Yasuo Okumura, MD, PhD,1
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
Funding information: none.
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Brief title: Formation of LVZ on the Anterior LA wall by
Mechanical Compression
The study was supported by departmental resources only, and the authors
have no conflict of interest to declare.