Poor scar formation after ablation is associated with atrial fibrillation recurrence

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 247-256

  Parmar, Bhrigu R ^a   Jarrett, Tyler R ^a   Kholmovski, Eugene G ^a   Hu, Nan ^b   Parker, Dennis ^a   MacLeod, Rob S ^a   Marrouche, Nassir F ^a   Ranjan, Ravi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; MRI; Poor scar formation; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ABLATION THERAPY; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC MAPPING SYSTEM; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCAR FORMATION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CATHETER ABLATION; CICATRIX; COMORBIDITY; INCIDENCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY VEIN; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTAH;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CICATRIX; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTAH;

EID: 84947128455     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-015-0060-y     Document Type: Article

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