Evaluation of the left atrial substrate in patients with lone atrial fibrillation using delayed-enhanced MRI: Implications for disease progression and response to catheter ablation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1475-1481

  Mahnkopf, Christian ^a   Badger, Troy J ^a   Burgon, Nathan S ^a   Daccarett, Marcos ^a   Haslam, Thomas S ^a   Badger, Christopher T ^a   McGann, Christopher J ^a   Akoum, Nazem ^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; Delayed enhanced MRI; Lone atrial fibrillation; Pulmonary vein antrum isolation; Recurrence; Structural remodeling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADULT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 77957265436     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2010.06.030     Document Type: Article

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