Cardiac Magnetic Resonance in the World of the Cardiac Electrophysiologist. The Road to Real-Time Cardiac Magnetic Resonance

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 317-318

  Pandit, Anil ^a   Marrouche, Nassir F ^a  

^a Atrial Fibrillation Program   (United States)

Author keywords

ablation; cardiac electrophysiology; cardiac magnetic resonance

Indexed keywords

CATHETER ABLATION; EDITORIAL; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RECURRENCE RISK; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CICATRIX; CONTRAST MEDIA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 61649115416     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2008.12.009     Document Type: Editorial

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