Postablation asymptomatic cerebral lesions: Long-term follow-up using magnetic resonance imaging

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1705-1711

  Deneke, Thomas ^a,b   Shin, Dong In ^a   Balta, Osman ^a   Bnz, Kathrin ^a   Fassbender, Frank ^a   Mgge, Andreas ^b   Anders, Helge ^a   Horlitz, Marc ^a   Psler, Markus ^a   Karthikapallil, Sinthu ^a   Arentz, Thomas ^c   Beyer, Dieter ^a   Bansmann, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HEART CENTER FREIBURG BAD KROZINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation ablation; Cerebral microlesions; Magnet resonance imaging; Radiofrequency ablation; Silent cerebral ischemia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CATHETER ABLATION; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80052434667     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2011.06.030     Document Type: Article

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