Arrhythmia recurrence after atrial fibrillation ablation: Can magnetic resonance imaging identify gaps in atrial ablation lines?
Arrhythmia recurrence after atrial fibrillation ablation: Can magnetic resonance imaging identify gaps in atrial ablation lines?
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1540-8167.2007.01055.x
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发表时间:
2008-04-01
影响因子:
2.7
通讯作者:
Fung, Maggie
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作者:
Reddy, Vivek Y.;Schmidt, Ehud J.;Fung, Maggie
Arrhythmia Recurrence After Atrial Fibrillation Ablation. After pulmonary vein isolation for the treatment of atrial fibrillation, clinical arrhythmia recurrence is often a result of vein reconnection. By selectively visualizing scarred tissue, delayed enhancement magnetic resonance imaging may provide for a noninvasive means to identify gaps in radiofrequency ablation lines. This report correlates three-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging with invasive electroanatomical mapping in a patient with recurrent atrial arrhythmia after multiple unsuccessful ablations for atrial fibrillation.