Cardiac MRI assessment of atrial fibrosis in atrial fibrillation: Implications for diagnosis and therapy

Heart

Volumn 100, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 590-596

  Higuchi, Koji ^a   Akkaya, Mehmet ^a   Akoum, Nazem ^a   Marrouche, Nassir F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBROSIS; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM REMODELING; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HUMAN; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CARDIAC FUNCTION;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; FIBROSIS; GADOLINIUM; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 84896549104     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2013-303884     Document Type: Article

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