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Left atrial volume measurements before and after left atrial ablation for the treatment of atrial fibrillation

✍ Scribed by Jerry D Walker; Sathya Vijayakumar; Eugene Kholmovski; Nathan S Burgon; Alan Morris; Joshua Cates; Christopher McGann; Nassir F Marrouche

Publisher: BioMed Central
Year: 2012
Tongue: English
Weight: 301 KB
Volume: 14
Category: Article
ISSN: 1097-6647
DOI: 10.1186/1532-429x-14-s1-p201

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✦ Synopsis

The aim of this study was to evaluate left atrial (LA) volume measurements using cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) based angiography before and after LA radio frequency (RF) ablation therapy as a treatment strategy for atrial fibrillation (AFIB).

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