Echocardiographic left atrial reverse remodeling after catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation is predicted by preablation delayed enhancement of left atrium by magnetic resonance imaging

American Heart Journal

Volumn 160, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 877-884

  Kuppahally, Suman S ^a   Akoum, Nazem ^a   Badger, Troy J ^a   Burgon, Nathan S ^a   Haslam, Thomas ^a   Kholmovski, Eugene ^a   MacLeod, Rob ^a   McGann, Christopher ^a   Marrouche, Nassir F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GADOBENATE DIMEGLUMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; CATHETER ABLATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 78649339975     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2010.07.003     Document Type: Article

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