Automated analysis of atrial late gadolinium enhancement imaging that correlates with endocardial voltage and clinical outcomes: A 2-center study

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1184-1191

  Malcolme Lawes, L C ^a   Juli, C ^a   Karim, R ^a   Bai, W ^a   Quest, R ^a   Lim, P B ^a   Jamil Copley, S ^a   Kojodjojo, P ^a   Ariff, B ^a   Davies, D W ^a   Rueckert, D ^a   Francis, D P ^a   Hunter, R ^b   Jones, D ^b   Boubertakh, R ^b   Petersen, S E ^b   Schilling, R ^b   Kanagaratnam, P ^a   Peters, N S ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Delayed enhancement magnetic resonance imaging; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE DURATION; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LATE GADOLINIUM ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE;

2-DIMENSIONAL; 2D; AF; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CMR; DELAYED-ENHANCEMENT MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ECG; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; LA; LATE GADOLINIUM ENHANCEMENT; LEFT ATRIAL/ATRIUM; LGE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MRA; PAF; PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RF; SD; STANDARD DEVIATION;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CICATRIX; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEGLUMINE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84881219312     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2013.04.030     Document Type: Article

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