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Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

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Anatomic assessment of pulmonary veins and left atrium - comparison of magnetic resonance angiography with gadoteric acid, the blood pool contrast agent B22956/1 and a non-contrast enhanced imaging approach

Authors: Szilard Rona, Volker Rasche, Georg Grossmann, Sascha Stiller, Nico Merkle

Published in: Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance | Special Issue 1/2011

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Pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) is the utmost method to treat patients suffering from symptomatic drug-refractory atrial fibrillation (AF). Non-invasive imaging of the left atrium (LA) and pulmonary veins prior to PVI plays an important role in procedural planning and guiding. …

Title: Anatomic assessment of pulmonary veins and left atrium - comparison of magnetic resonance angiography with gadoteric acid, the blood pool contrast agent B22956/1 and a non-contrast enhanced imaging approach
Authors: Szilard Rona
Volker Rasche
Georg Grossmann
Sascha Stiller
Nico Merkle
Publication date: 01-12-2011
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance / Issue Special Issue 1/2011
Electronic ISSN: 1532-429X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1532-429X-13-S1-P260

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