The change in the tissue characterization detected by magnetic resonance imaging after radiofrequency ablation of isthmus-dependent atrial flutter

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 30-35

  Yokokawa, Miki ^a   Tada, Hiroshi ^b   Koyama, Keiko ^a   Ino, Toshihiko ^a   Naito, Shigeto ^a   Oshima, Shigeru ^a   Taniguchi, Koichi ^a  

^a GUNMA PREFECTURAL CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Atrial flutter; Cardiac magnetic resonance; Cavotricuspid isthmus; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CAVOTRICUSPID ISTHMUS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDEMA; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 79952816056     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2009.10.018     Document Type: Article

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