Assessment of LV Myocardial Scar Before Atrial Fibrillation Ablation

JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2015 Jul;8(7):801-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2015.04.007.

Authors

Raymond Y Kwong¹, Afshin Farzaneh-Far²

Affiliations

¹ Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: rykwong@partners.org.
² Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago; Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.

PMID: 26183553
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2015.04.007

No abstract available

Keywords: ablation therapy; atrial fibrillation; cardiac magnetic resonance; late gadolinium enhancement.

Publication types

Editorial
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MeSH terms

Atrial Fibrillation / surgery*
Catheter Ablation*
Female
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
Male
Ventricular Function / physiology*