Relationship between intended sites of RF ablation and post-procedural scar in AF patients, using late gadolinium enhancement cardiovascular magnetic resonance

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 489-496

  Taclas, Jason E ^a   Nezafat, Reza ^a,b   Wylie, John V ^c   Josephson, Mark E ^a,b   Hsing, Jeff ^a   Manning, Warren J ^a,b   Peters, Dana C ^a,b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carto; Contrast agent; Delayed enhancement; Late gadolinium enhancement; Left atrium; MRI; Pulmonary vein isolation; RF ablation

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SCAR FORMATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; CICATRIX; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS;

EID: 77949486728     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.12.007     Document Type: Article

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