MRI in cardiac electrophysiology: The emerging role of delayed-enhancement MRI in atrial fibrillation ablation

Future Cardiology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-70

  Badger, Troy J ^a   Adjei Poku, Yaw A ^a   Marrouche, Nassir F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Delayed enhancement MRI; Left atrial scar; Pulmonary vein antrum isolation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY VEIN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPEAT PROCEDURE; REVIEW; SCAR FORMATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CATHETER ABLATION; CICATRIX; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PULMONARY VEINS;

EID: 66949120358     PISSN: 14796678     EISSN: 17448298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/14796678.5.1.63     Document Type: Review

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