Relationship of Ostial Pulmonary Vein Scar with Reduction in Pulmonary Vein Size after Radiofrequency Ablation for the Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation: An Observational Cohort Study.
Hauser TH, Peters DC, Wylie MV, Lau C, Josephson ME, Manning WJ. Relationship of Ostial Pulmonary Vein Scar with Reduction in Pulmonary Vein Size after Radiofrequency Ablation for the Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation: An Observational Cohort Study. Journal Of Atrial Fibrillation 2013, 5: 788. PMID: 28496832, PMCID: PMC5153178, DOI: 10.4022/jafib.788.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPulmonary veinsCardiovascular magnetic resonanceRF ablationAtrial fibrillationPV diameterCross-sectional areaLate gadolinium enhancement cardiovascular magnetic resonanceEnhancement cardiovascular magnetic resonancePulmonary vein sizeObservational cohort studyTreatment of AFRadiofrequency ablation proceduresAF ablationCohort studyPV ostiaHighest quartileStudy cohortConsecutive subjectsRadiofrequency ablationLeft atriumAblation proceduresVein sizeLGE scarGreater reductionScar volumeEvaluation of current algorithms for segmentation of scar tissue from late Gadolinium enhancement cardiovascular magnetic resonance of the left atrium: an open-access grand challenge
Karim R, Housden RJ, Balasubramaniam M, Chen Z, Perry D, Uddin A, Al-Beyatti Y, Palkhi E, Acheampong P, Obom S, Hennemuth A, Lu Y, Bai W, Shi W, Gao Y, Peitgen HO, Radau P, Razavi R, Tannenbaum A, Rueckert D, Cates J, Schaeffter T, Peters D, MacLeod R, Rhode K. Evaluation of current algorithms for segmentation of scar tissue from late Gadolinium enhancement cardiovascular magnetic resonance of the left atrium: an open-access grand challenge. Journal Of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 2013, 15: 105. PMID: 24359544, PMCID: PMC3878126, DOI: 10.1186/1532-429x-15-105.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRadio-frequency catheter ablationAtrial fibrillationTreatment of AFEnhancement cardiovascular magnetic resonance imagingLate gadolinium enhancement cardiovascular magnetic resonanceReference standardEnhancement cardiovascular magnetic resonanceCardiovascular magnetic resonance imagingPost-ablation imagesRegions of fibrosisAssessment of treatmentCardiovascular magnetic resonanceMagnetic resonance imagingPost-ablation imagingLA fibrosisCatheter ablationLGE CMR imagesCMR imagesLeft atriumTreatment stratificationScar tissueResonance imagingFibrosisStandardised evaluationKing's College London