Pulmonary vein antrum isolation is an accepted alternative to antiarrhythmic therapy for restoring normal sinus rhythm in patients with atrial fibrillation. The procedure has a high initial success rate, but many patients subsequently experience recurrence of the arrhythmia. Cardiac magnetic resonance might offer a means of identifying patients who are more likely to experience successful long-term results from pulmonary vein antrum isolation.
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Garcia, M. Predicting the efficacy of pulmonary vein isolation with CMR. Nat Rev Cardiol 6, 453–454 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrcardio.2009.99
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