Cerebral magnetic resonance findings in asymptomatic patients after atrial fibrillation catheter ablation: Cause for alarm or further study?

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 969-972

  Hegland, Donald ^a   Piccini, Jonathan P ^b   Goldstein, Larry B ^a   Daubert, James P ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPOIETIN 2; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; FIBRIN; HEPARIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; NITRIC OXIDE; PROTHROMBIN; THROMBIN ANTITHROMBIN COMPLEX; THROMBOPLASTIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; VASCULOTROPIN; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR; WARFARIN;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CATHETER ABLATION; CEREBRAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CRYOABLATION; DEMENTIA; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ENDOTHELIUM INJURY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INTRACARDIAC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SINUS RHYTHM; STROKE; THROMBOCYTE FUNCTION; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOGENESIS; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CRYOSURGERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 80052849276     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2011.02093.x     Document Type: Note

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