Decreased pulmonary perfusion in pulmonary vein stenosis after radiofrequency ablation: Assessment with dynamic magnetic resonance perfusion imaging

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Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 428-437

  Kluge, Alexander ^a   Dill, Thorsten ^a   Ekinci, Okan ^a   Hansel, Jochen ^a   Hamm, Christian ^a   Pitschner, Heinz F ^a   Bachmann, Georg ^a  

^a KERCKHOFF HEART CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

MRI; Pulmonary perfusion; Pulmonary vein stenosis; Radiofrequency catheter ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; LUNG PERFUSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VEIN DIAMETER;

EID: 4143088202     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.126.2.428     Document Type: Article

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