Magnetic Resonance angiography of the pulmonary veins before and after radiofrequency ablation for atrial fibrillation;Angiografia con Risonanza Magnetica (MRA) delle vene polmonari prima e dopo procedure di radioablazione per fibrillazione atriale

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 109, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 488-499

  Cirillo, Stefano ^a   Tosetti, Irene ^b   Gaita, Fiorenzo ^c   Bianchi, Francesca ^c   Gandini, Giovanni ^b   Regge, Daniele ^a  

^a CANDIOLO CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c MAURIZIANO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Pulmonary veins; Radiofrequency ablation; Virtual endoscopy

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; STENOSIS;

EID: 33745456415     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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