Gaps in the ablation line as a potential cause of recovery from electrical isolation and their visualization using MRI.

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Published in Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol on April 14, 2011

Authors

Ravi Ranjan1, Ritsushi Kato, Menekhem M Zviman, Timm M Dickfeld, Ariel Roguin, Ronald D Berger, Gordon F Tomaselli, Henry R Halperin

Author Affiliations

1: Departments of Medicine/Cardiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, 84132, USA. ravi.ranjan@hsc.utah.edu

Associated clinical trials:

MRI Assessment of Arrythmia Ablation Lesions | NCT02761343

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