Magnetic resonance post-contrast T1 mapping in the human atrium: Validation and impact on clinical outcome after catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1551-1559

  Ling, Liang Han ^a,b,c   McLellan, Alex J A ^a,b,c   Taylor, Andrew J ^a   Iles, Leah M ^a   Ellims, Andris H ^a   Kumar, Saurabh ^b,c   Teh, Andrew ^a,b,c   Lee, Geoffrey ^a,b,c   Wong, Michael C G ^a,b,c   Azzopardi, Sonia ^a   Sellenger, Michael A ^a   Morton, Joseph B ^b,c   Kalman, Jonathan M ^b,c   Kistler, Peter M ^a,c  

^a BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial fibrosis; Atrial remodeling; Cardiac magnetic resonance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM POST CONTRAST T1 RELAXATION TIME; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAROXYSMAL HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; PERSISTENT HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CINE MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEART ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION STUDY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84906703673     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2014.06.012     Document Type: Article

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