Association of left atrial fibrosis detected by delayed-enhancement magnetic resonance imaging and the risk of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 831-838

  Daccarett, Marcos ^a   Badger, Troy J ^a   Akoum, Nazem ^a   Burgon, Nathan S ^a   Mahnkopf, Christian ^a,b   Vergara, Gaston ^a   Kholmovski, Eugene ^a   McGann, Christopher J ^a   Parker, Dennis ^a   Brachmann, Johannes ^b   MacLeod, Rob S ^a   Marrouche, Nassir F ^a  

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

^b KLINIKUM COBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

cardiac resynchronization therapy; MADIT CRT; women

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED ENHANCED MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEFT ATRIAL FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 79851503963     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2010.09.049     Document Type: Article

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