3 Tesla MRI-detected brain lesions after pulmonary vein isolation for atrial fibrillation: Results of the MACPAF study

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 14-21

  Haeusler, Karl Georg ^a   Koch, Lydia ^a   Herm, Juliane ^a   Kopp, Ute A ^a   Heuschmann, Peter U ^a,b,c   Endres, Matthias ^a   Schultheiss, Heinz Peter ^a   Schirdewan, Alexander ^a   Fiebach, Jochen B ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; catheter ablation; cognition; cryoablation; ischemic stroke; MRI; silent stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CATHETER ABLATION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY VEINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84871967438     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2012.02420.x     Document Type: Article

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