Magnetic resonance angiography of pulmonary veins: Implications for catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1073-1080

  Mlčochová, Hanka ^a   Tintěra, Jaroslav ^a   Porod, Václav ^a   Peichl, Petr ^a   Čihák, Robert ^a   Kautzner, Josef ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Angiography; Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pulmonary vein

Indexed keywords

GADOBENATE DIMEGLUMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PULMONARY VEIN; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; HISTOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS;

EID: 33645255818     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2005.00228.x     Document Type: Article

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