Serial monitoring of reverse left-atrial remodeling after pulmonary vein isolation in patients with atrial fibrillation: A magnetic resonance imaging study

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 42-46

  Jahnke, Cosima ^a,b   Fischer, Julia ^a   Gerds Li, Jin Hong ^a   Gebker, Rolf ^a   Manka, Robert ^a   Fleck, Eckart ^a   Paetsch, Ingo ^a,b   Kriatselis, Charalampos ^a  

^a DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging; Left atrial remodeling; Left atrial volume; Pulmonary vein isolation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART SURGERY; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; REVERSE LEFT ATRIAL REMODELING; SINUS RHYTHM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VEINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 81055147622     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2010.08.034     Document Type: Article

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