Inverse relationship between fractionated electrograms and atrial fibrosis in persistent atrial fibrillation: Combined magnetic resonance imaging and high-density mapping

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 802-812

  Jadidi, Amir S ^a,b   Cochet, Hubert ^a   Shah, Ashok J ^a   Kim, Steven J ^c   Duncan, Edward ^a   Miyazaki, Shinsuke ^a   Sermesant, Maxime ^d   Lehrmann, Heiko ^b   Lederlin, Matthieu ^a   Linton, Nick ^a   Forclaz, Andrei ^a   Nault, Isabelle ^a   Rivard, Lena ^a   Wright, Matthew ^a   Liu, Xingpeng ^a   Scherr, Daniel ^a   Wilton, Stephen B ^a   Roten, Laurent ^a   Pascale, Patrizio ^a   Derval, Nicolas ^a   Sacher, Frédéric ^a   Knecht, Sebastien ^a   Keyl, Cornelius ^b   Hocini, Mélèze ^a   Montaudon, Michel ^a   Laurent, Francois ^a   Haïssaguerre, Michel ^a   Jaïs, Pierre ^a   more..

^a HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HEART CENTER FREIBURG BAD KROZINGEN   (Germany)

^c St Jude Medical Inc USA   (United States)

^d INRIA   (France)

Author keywords

ablation; atrial delayed enhancement; atrial fibrillation; atrial fibrosis; complex fractionated atrial electrogram; cycle length; MRI; pulmonary vein isolation

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBROSIS; CARDIAC IMAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABLATION; ADE; AF; ATRIAL DELAYED ENHANCEMENT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FIBROSIS; CFAE; CFEMEAN; CL; COMPLEX FRACTIONATED ATRIAL ELECTROGRAM; CORONARY SINUS; CS; CYCLE LENGTH; DE; DELAYED ENHANCEMENT; EGM; ELECTROGRAM; LA; LEFT ATRIAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MRI; NAVX ALGORITHM THAT QUANTIFIES ELECTROGRAM FRACTIONATION; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; PV; PVI;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84882793870     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.03.081     Document Type: Article

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