Characterization of acute and subacute radiofrequency ablation lesions with nonenhanced magnetic resonance imaging

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 208-214

  Dickfeld, Timm ^a,b   Kato, Ritsushi ^c   Zviman, Menekem ^a   Nazarian, Saman ^a   Dong, Jun ^a   Ashikaga, Hiroshi ^a   Lardo, Albert C ^a   Berger, Ronald D ^a   Calkins, Hugh ^a   Halperin, Henry ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Ablation lesion; Arrhythmia; Catheter ablation; Electrophysiology; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RELIABILITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CATHETER ABLATION; DOGS; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERICARDIUM;

EID: 33846512133     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2006.10.019     Document Type: Article

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