CMR-guided approach to localize and ablate gaps in repeat AF ablation procedure

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 653-663

  Bisbal, Felipe ^a   Guiu, Esther ^a   Cabanas Grandío, Pilar ^a   Berruezo, Antonio ^a   Prat Gonzalez, Susana ^a   Vidal, Bárbara ^a   Garrido, Cesar ^a   Andreu, David ^a   Fernandez Armenta, Juan ^a   Tolosana, Jose María ^a   Arbelo, Elena ^a   De Caralt, Teresa M ^a   Perea, Rosario J ^a   Brugada, Josep ^a   Mont, Lluís ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; catheter ablation; delayed enhancement; gaps; magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CATHETER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED ENHANCEMENT CARDIAC MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROCEDURES;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION;

EID: 84904551692     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: 18767591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2014.01.014     Document Type: Article

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