title: Masked left atrial appendage isolation during ablation of persistent atrial fibrillation.
authors.affiliation: Asklepios Klinik St. Georg, Department of Cardiology, Hamburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Dionyssios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Leftheriotis
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yoshiga
authors.forename: Karl-Heinz
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Kuck
authors.forename: Feifan
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ouyang
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D020517:Atrial Appendage / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000379:methods*; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000601:surgery; D004562:Electrocardiography; D022062:Electrophysiologic Techniques, Cardiac; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008297:Male; D012086:Reoperation