Multimodality imaging for patient evaluation and guidance of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation - Current status and future perspective

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 175, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 400-408

  Bhagirath, P ^a   Van Der Graaf, A W M ^a   Karim, R ^b   Van Driel, V J H M ^a   Ramanna, H ^a   Rhode, K S ^b   De Groot, N M S ^c   Gotte M J W ^a  

^a HAGA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cardiac computed tomography; Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging; Catheter ablation; Echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ACUTE ATRIAL INJURY; ANGIOGRAPHY; ATRIO ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CATHETER; CATHETER ABLATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC ATRIAL INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC MAPPING; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; FLUOROSCOPY; GEOMETRY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART INJURY; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HUMAN; INTRACARDIAC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; REVIEW; ROTOR MAPPING; SCAR; SINUS RHYTHM; THROMBUS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; FORECASTING; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARDS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRENDS;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84905084673     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.06.047     Document Type: Review

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