Evaluation of left atrial lesions after initial and repeat atrial fibrillation ablation; Lessons learned from delayed-enhancement MRI in repeat ablation procedures

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 249-259

  Badger, Troy J ^a   Daccarett, Marcos ^a   Akoum, Nazem W ^a   Adjei Poku, Yaw A ^a   Burgon, Nathan S ^a   Haslam, Thomas S ^a   Kalvaitis, Saul ^a   Kuppahally, Suman ^a   Vergara, Gaston ^a   McMullen, Lori ^a   Anderson, Paul A ^a   Kholmovski, Eugene ^a   MacLeod, Rob S ^a   Marrouche, Nassir F ^a  

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

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Left atrial scar lesions; MRI; Pulmonary vein antrum isolation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGED; HEART ATRIUM; HEART FUNCTION TEST; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REOPERATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954662288     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.109.868356     Document Type: Article

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