Blanking period after radiofrequency ablation for atrial fibrillation guided by ablation lesion maturation based on serial MR imaging - Yamashita, Kennosuke; Kwan, Eugene; Kamali, Roya; Ghafoori, Elyar; Steinberg, Benjamin A.; MacLeod, Rob S.; Dosdall, Derek J.; Ranjan, Ravi (Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology, 2020)
Keywords: Action Potentials; Aged; Arrhythmia; atrial fibrillation; Atrial Fibrillation - diagnostic imaging; Atrial Fibrillation - physiopathology; Atrial Fibrillation - surgery; Atrial Remodeling; blanking period; Cardiac arrhythmia; Catheter Ablation - adverse effects; Cicatrix - diagnostic imaging; Cicatrix - etiology; Cicatrix - physiopathology; Contrast Media - administration & dosage; Decision making; Edema; Female; Fibrillation; Gadolinium; Heart Atria - diagnostic imaging; Heart Atria - physiopathology; Heart Atria - surgery; Heart Rate; Humans; Lesions; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Maturation; Meglumine - analogs & derivatives; Middle Aged; Organometallic Compounds; Predictive Value of Tests; Radiofrequency ablation; Recurrence; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Time Factors; Treatment Outcome; blanking period; atrial fibrillation; magnetic resonance imaging; radiofrequency ablation