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Temporal Left Atrial Lesion Formation After Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation
T.J. Badger, R.S. Oakes, M. Daccarett, N.S. Burgon, N. Akoum, E.N. Fish, J.J. Blauer, S.N. Rao, Y. Adjei-Poku, E.G. Kholmovski, S. Vijayakumar, E.V. Di Bella, R.S. MacLeod, N.F. Marrouche. In Heart Rhythm, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 161--168. February, 2009.
Atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation uses radiofrequency (RF) energy to induce thermal damage to the left atrium (LA) in an attempt to isolate AF circuits. This injury can be seen using delayed enhancement magnetic resonance imaging (DE-MRI).
The purpose of this study was to describe DE-MRI findings of the LA in the acute and chronic stages postablation. |
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