Open AccessReal-time magnetic resonance imaging-guided cryoablation of the pulmonary veins with acute freeze-zone and chronic lesion assessment
Author(s) -
Justin G. Lichter,
Eugene Kholmovski,
Nicolas Coulombe,
Elyar Ghafoori,
Roya Kamali,
Rob MacLeod,
Ravi Ranjan
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
ep europace
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.119
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1532-2092
pISSN - 1099-5129
DOI - 10.1093/europace/euy089
Subject(s) - cryoablation , medicine , magnetic resonance imaging , lesion , cryosurgery , pulmonary vein , radiology , ablation , nuclear medicine , pathology
The goals of this study were to develop a method that combines cryoablation with real-time magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) guidance for pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) and to further quantify the lesion formation by imaging both acute and chronic cryolesions.
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