Heart Rhythm
Volume 7, Issue 4 , Pages 489-496 , April 2010

Relationship between intended sites of RF ablation and post-procedural scar in AF patients, using late gadolinium enhancement cardiovascular magnetic resonance

  • Jason E. Taclas, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine (Cardiovascular Division), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Reza Nezafat, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine (Cardiovascular Division), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • John V. Wylie, MD

      Affiliations

    • St. Elizabeth's Medical Center and Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Mark E. Josephson, MD, FHRS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine (Cardiovascular Division), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • Jeff Hsing, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine (Cardiovascular Division), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Warren J. Manning, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine (Cardiovascular Division), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Dana C. Peters, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine (Cardiovascular Division), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Dana C. Peters, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115

Received 21 August 2009 ,Accepted 8 December 2009.

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 Supported by a grant from the American Heart Association (AHA SDG 0530061N) and the National Institutes of Health (NIBIB K01 EB004434-01A1).

 Dr. Manning receives research support from Philips Healthcare. Dr. Josephson receives consulting fees from Biosense Webster. The authors acknowledge the contributions of Dr. Yuri Ishihara, Dr. Luis Gutierrez of Philips Research North America, Drs. Steven Peiper and Ron Kikinis of NA-MIC for advice on image processing and visualization, and past and present noninvasive CMR fellows at BIDMC, including Drs. Jason Ryan, Greg Piazza, Jonathan Chan, Joyce Meng, and Michael Chuang.

PII: S1547-5271(09)01378-2

doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.12.007

Heart Rhythm
Volume 7, Issue 4 , Pages 489-496 , April 2010

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