Left atrial function and scar after catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 656-662

  Wylie Jr , John V ^a   Peters, Dana C ^a   Essebag, Vidal ^a   Manning, Warren J ^a,b   Josephson, Mark E ^a   Hauser, Thomas H ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Atrial fibrillation; Atrium; Catheter ablation; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CINEANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; STEADY STATE; THERAPY EFFECT; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; CATHETER ABLATION; CICATRIX; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42749088699     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2008.02.008     Document Type: Article

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