Noninvasive identification of ventricular tachycardia-related conducting channels using contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging in patients with chronic myocardial infarction: Comparison of signal intensity scar mapping and endocardial voltage mapping

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 184-194

  Perez David, Esther ^a   Arenal, Ángel ^a   Rubio Guivernau, Jos L ^b   Del Castillo, Roberto ^a   Atea, Leonardo ^a   Arbelo, Elena ^c   Caballero, Eduardo ^c   Celorrio, Vernica ^a   Datino, Tomas ^a   Gonzalez Torrecilla, Esteban ^a   Atienza, Felipe ^a   Ledesma Carbayo, Maria J ^b   Bermejo, Javier ^a   Medina, Alfonso ^c   Fernndez Avils, Francisco ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GRAN CANARIA DR NEGRÍN   (Spain)

Author keywords

ablation; heterogeneous imaging; magnetic resonance imaging; ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MALE; MONOMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS;

AGED; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 78650903076     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2010.07.043     Document Type: Article

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