A novel method for quantitating delayed enhancement of the left atrium
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Methods 16 Patients with AF (7 with prior ablation, 9 with no history of ablation; 11 with paroxysmal AF, 5 with persistent AF) underwent CMR on a 1.5-T Siemens Avanto scanner. DE-LA images were acquired 15 min after contrast injection using a 3D inversion recovery, respiration-navigated, fat suppressed, ECG-gated, gradient echo pulse sequence, with acquisition parameters as follows: voxel size 1.2 x 1.2 x 2.5 mm, field of view: 30 x 30 cm,
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دوره 13 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2011