Diagnostic accuracy of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in the detection and characterization of left atrial catheter ablation lesions: A multicenter experience

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 396-403

  Hunter, Ross J ^a   Jones, Daniel A ^a   Boubertakh, Redha ^a   Malcolme Lawes, Louisa C ^b   Kanagaratnam, Prapa ^b   Juli, Christoph F ^b   Davies, D Wyn ^b   Peters, Nicholas S ^b   Baker, Victoria ^a   Earley, Mark J ^a   Sporton, Simon ^a   Davies, L Ceri ^a   Westwood, Mark ^a   Petersen, Steffen E ^a   Schilling, Richard J ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; catheter ablation; cryoablation; late gadolinium enhancement; MRI; pulmonary vein isolation

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CATHETER ABLATION; CATHETER COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOABLATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LEFT ATRIAL CATHETER ABLATION LESION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CICATRIX; CONTRAST MEDIA; CRYOSURGERY; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONDON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY VEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84875869715     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jce.12063     Document Type: Article

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