Atrial fibrosis quantified using Late Gadolinium Enhancement MRI is associated with sinus node dysfunction requiring pacemaker implant

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 44-50

  Akoum, Nazem ^a   McGann, Christopher ^a   Vergara, Gaston ^a   Badger, Troy ^a   Ranjan, Ravi ^a   Mahnkopf, Christian ^a   Kholmovski, Eugene ^a   MacLeod, Rob ^a   Marrouche, Nassir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; catheter ablation; magnetic resonance imaging; pacemaker; sinus node dysfunction

Indexed keywords

GADOBENATE DIMEGLUMINE; GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PACEMAKER; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SINUS NODE DYSFUNCTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEGLUMINE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTAH;

EID: 84855997127     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2011.02140.x     Document Type: Article

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