High washout rate of iodine-123-metaiodobenzylguanidine imaging predicts the outcome of catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1297-1304

  Arimoto, Takanori ^a   Tada, Hiroshi ^a   Igarashi, Miyako ^a   Sekiguchi, Yukio ^a   Sato, Akira ^a   Koyama, Takashi ^a   Yamasaki, Hiro ^a   MacHino, Takeshi ^a   Kuroki, Kenji ^a   Kuga, Keisuke ^a   Aonuma, Kazutaka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

123I MIBG imaging; atrial fibrillation; catheter ablation; sympathetic nervous activity

Indexed keywords

(3 IODOBENZYL)GUANIDINE I 123; ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

ADRENERGIC ACTIVITY; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DENERVATION; CARDIOVERSION; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE DURATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEART NERVE; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NERVE CONDUCTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINUS RHYTHM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

3-IODOBENZYLGUANIDINE; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; AUTONOMIC DENERVATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 83655167355     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2011.02123.x     Document Type: Article

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