Damage Assessment After Ablation. Role of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 52, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 1272-1273

  Halperin, Henry R ^a   Nazarian, Saman ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

ablation; atrial fibrillation; magnetic resonance imaging; MRI

Indexed keywords

CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SINUS RHYTHM; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 52949136691     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.07.015     Document Type: Editorial

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