Left atrial fibrosis by late gadolinium enhancement cardiovascular magnetic resonance predicts recurrence of atrial fibrillation after pulmonary vein isolation: Do you see what I see?

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 2-4

  Appelbaum, Evan ^a   Manning, Warren J ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Editorials; Fibrosis; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; GADOLINIUM;

CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CARDIOVERSION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXCITEMENT; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM FIBROSIS; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESPIRATORY GATED IMAGING; REVIEW; CATHETER ABLATION; EDITORIALS; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART ATRIUM REMODELING; MALE; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; EDITORIALS; FIBROSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; ATRIAL REMODELING; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 84898879975     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.114.001354     Document Type: Review

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