Clinical value of assessment of left atrial late gadolinium enhancement in patients undergoing ablation of atrial fibrillation

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 179, Issue , 2015, Pages 351-357

  Sramko, Marek ^a   Peichl, Petr ^a   Wichterle, Dan ^a   Tintera, Jaroslav ^a   Weichet, Jiri ^b   Maxian, Radoslav ^a   Pasnisinova, Silvia ^a   Kockova, Radka ^a   Kautzner, Josef ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

^b NA HOMOLCE HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Fibrosis; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; GADOLINIUM; CONTRAST MEDIA; RADIOISOTOPES;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CARDIOVERSION; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LATE GADOLINIUM ENHANCEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RECURRENT DISEASE; REPRODUCIBILITY; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DIAGNOSTIC USE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; METHODS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SURGERY;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GADOLINIUM; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 84920643816     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.11.072     Document Type: Article

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