Effect of atrial fibrillation ablation on myocardial function: Insights from cardiac magnetic resonance feature tracking analysis

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1807-1817

  Ceelen, Felix ^a,b   Hunter, Ross J ^a   Boubertakh, Redha ^a   Sommer, Wieland H ^b   Armbruster, Marco ^b   Schilling, Richard J ^a   Petersen, Steffen E ^a,c  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Cardiovascular magnetic resonance; Feature tracking; Wall motion

Indexed keywords

ABLATION CATHETER; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEATURE TRACKING TECHNIQUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SOFTWARE; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RELIABILITY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VOLUMETRY;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VEINS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SYSTOLE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84890129621     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 15730743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-013-0287-6     Document Type: Article

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