Contact electroanatomic mapping derived voltage criteria for characterizing left atrial scar in patients undergoing ablation for atrial fibrillation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1044-1052

  Kapa, Suraj ^a   Desjardins, Benoit ^a   Callans, David J ^a   Marchlinski, Francis E ^a   Dixit, Sanjay ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ablation; atrial fibrillation; atrial scar; cardiac magnetic resonance imaging; catheter ablation; electroanatomic mapping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROANATOMIC MAPPING; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM SCAR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINUS RHYTHM; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CICATRIX; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; CICATRIX; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84908477774     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jce.12452     Document Type: Article

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