Atrial structure and function 5 years after successful ablation for persistent atrial fibrillation: An mri study

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 671-679

  Cochet, Hubert ^a,b   Scherr, Daniel ^a,c   Zellerhoff, Stephan ^a,b   Sacher, Frederic ^a,b   Derval, Nicolas ^a,b   Denis, Arnaud ^a,b   Knecht, Sebastien ^a,b   Komatsu, Yuki ^a,b   Montaudon, Michel ^a,b   Laurent, François ^a,b   Pieske, Burkert M ^c   Hocini, Mélèze ^a,b   Haïssaguerre, Michel ^a,b   Jaïs, Pierre ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; atrial remodeling; catheter ablation; magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

A WAVE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERSISTENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ACTION POTENTIAL; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CICATRIX; CINE MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM REMODELING; HEART CONTRACTION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; ATRIAL REMODELING; CATHETER ABLATION; CICATRIX; COMPLIANCE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84904512624     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jce.12449     Document Type: Article

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