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Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

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Towards MRI-guided cardiac ablation procedures with no contrast agent: safety and efficacy considerations

Authors: Michael Guttman, Aravindan Kolandaivelu, Sarah Fink, Henry Halperin, Daniel A Herzka

Published in: Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance | Special Issue 1/2016

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Efforts are underway to perform MRI-guided cardiac ablations in the magnet. The chief motivations are: 1) the ability to see the effects of treatment, 2) improved catheter positioning during mapping and therapy, and 3) avoiding ionizing radiation and iodinated contrast agent from x-ray. …

Title: Towards MRI-guided cardiac ablation procedures with no contrast agent: safety and efficacy considerations
Authors: Michael Guttman
Aravindan Kolandaivelu
Sarah Fink
Henry Halperin
Daniel A Herzka
Publication date: 01-12-2016
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance / Issue Special Issue 1/2016
Electronic ISSN: 1532-429X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1532-429X-18-S1-P213

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