Detection of Pulmonary Vein and Left Atrial Scar after Catheter Ablation with Three-dimensional Navigator-gated Delayed Enhancement MR Imaging: Initial Experience
Peters DC, Wylie JV, Hauser TH, Kissinger KV, Botnar RM, Essebag V, Josephson ME, Manning WJ. Detection of Pulmonary Vein and Left Atrial Scar after Catheter Ablation with Three-dimensional Navigator-gated Delayed Enhancement MR Imaging: Initial Experience. Radiology 2007, 243: 690-5. PMID: 17517928, DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2433060417.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPulmonary veinsLeft atriumEnhancement MR imagingLeft inferior pulmonary veinMR imagingInferior pulmonary veinEnhancement magnetic resonance imagingLocal institutional review boardUnpaired t-testMagnetic resonance imagingInstitutional review boardIsolation therapyCatheter ablationAtrial fibrillationRadiofrequency ablationInteratrial septumAtrial wallEnhancement patternPatientsInitial experienceAtrial scarResonance imagingRF ablationMR imaging methodsInformed consent