Gaps in the ablation line as a potential cause of recovery from electrical isolation and their visualization using mri

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 279-286

  Ranjan, Ravi ^a   Kato, Ritsushi ^b   Zviman, Menekhem M ^c   Dickfeld, Timm M ^d   Roguin, Ariel ^e   Berger, Ronald D ^c   Tomaselli, Gordon F ^c   Halperin, Henry R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial Fibrillation; Gaps; MRI

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NERVE BLOCK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SYNCYTIUM; ANIMAL; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE MODEL; DOG; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80052319271     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.110.960567     Document Type: Article

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