Myocardial Extracellular Volume Expansion and the Risk of Recurrent Atrial Fibrillation After Pulmonary Vein Isolation
Author(s) -
Tomas G. Neilan,
FrançoisPierre Mongeon,
Ravi V. Shah,
Otávio R. CoelhoFilho,
Siddique Abbasi,
John A. Dodson,
Ciaran J. McMullan,
Bobak Heydari,
Gregory F. Michaud,
Roy M. John,
Ron Blankstein,
Michael JeroschHerold,
Raymond Y. Kwong
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
jacc. cardiovascular imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.79
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1936-878X
pISSN - 1876-7591
DOI - 10.1016/j.jcmg.2013.08.013
Subject(s) - pulmonary vein , atrial fibrillation , cardiology , isolation (microbiology) , medicine , biology , bioinformatics
This study tested whether myocardial extracellular volume (ECV) is increased in patients with hypertension and atrial fibrillation (AF) undergoing pulmonary vein isolation and whether there is an association between ECV and post-procedural recurrence of AF.
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