Assessment of Radiofrequency Ablation Lesions by CMR Imaging After Ablation of Idiopathic Ventricular Arrhythmias

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 278-285

  Ilg, Karl ^a   Baman, Timir S ^a   Gupta, Sanjaya K ^a   Swanson, Scott ^b   Good, Eric ^a   Chugh, Aman ^a   Jongnarangsin, Krit ^a   Pelosi Jr , Frank ^a   Crawford, Thomas ^a   Oral, Hakan ^a   Morady, Fred ^a   Bogun, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac magnetic resonance imaging; radiofrequency ablation; ventricular arrhythmias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART PAPILLARY MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 77649249703     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2009.09.028     Document Type: Article

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