PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Nichols, Emma Hitt
ED  - Marrouche, Nassir
TI  - DE-MRI Quantification of Atrial Fibrosis Predicts Ablation Outcome in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
DP  - 2013 Jul 01
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 14--15
VI  - 13
IP  - 3
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/13/3/14.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/13/3/14.full
AB  - Previous studies demonstrated that the structural changes to the heart that are associated with atrial fibrillation (AF) can be quantified using DE-MRI [Oakes RS et al. Circulation 2009]. This article presents data from the Delayed-Enhancement Magnetic Resonance Imaging (DE-MRI) Determinant of Successful Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation trial [DECAAF; NCT01150214]. The DECAAF trial tested the hypothesis that DE-MRI can be used to determine the amount of left atrial fibrosis and/or remodeling, which predicts the patient's response to AF ablation.