Non-invasive imaging in atrial fibrillation: Focus on prognosis and catheter ablation

Heart

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 94-100

  Bax, Jeroen J ^a   Marsan, Nina Ajmone ^a   Delgado, Victoria ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CARDIAC IMAGING; CATHETER ABLATION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; REVIEW; SCAR FORMATION; SINUS RHYTHM; THROMBUS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COMPLICATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART DISEASES; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 84920540459     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2013-305150     Document Type: Review

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