Cardiac magnetic resonance T1 mapping of left atrial myocardium

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1325-1331

  Beinart, Roy ^a   Khurram, Irfan M ^a   Liu, Songtao ^b   Yarmohammadi, Hirad ^a   Halperin, Henry R ^a   Bluemke, David A ^b   Gai, Neville ^b   Van Der Geest, Rob J ^c   Lima, Joao A C ^a   Calkins, Hugh ^a   Zimmerman, Stefan L ^d   Nazarian, Saman ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cardiac magnetic resonance; Late gadolinium enhancement; Left atrial fibrosis; T1 mapping

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAXATION TIME; RELIABILITY;

AF; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CI; CMR; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; GEE; GENERALIZED ESTIMATING EQUATION; INTERQUARTILE RANGE; IQR; LA; LATE GADOLINIUM ENHANCEMENT; LATE GADOLINIUM ENHANCEMENT ON CARDIAC MAGNETIC RESONANCE; LEFT ATRIAL; LEFT ATRIAL FIBROSIS; LEFT VENTRICULAR; LGE-CMR; LV; PULMONARY VEIN ANTRAL ISOLATION; PVAI; REGION OF INTEREST; ROI; T1 MAPPING;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; GADOLINIUM; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM;

EID: 84883238135     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2013.05.003     Document Type: Article

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