Optimal timing of contrast-enhanced three-dimensional magnetic resonance left atrial angiography before pulmonary vein ablation.

CONCLUSIONS: Contrast agent travel time was mainly influenced by left- and right-ventricular function but prediction models poorly fitted the data. Thus, 3-dimensional PV angiography prior to PV ablation procedures necessitates real-time assessment, with visual determination of individual contrast agent passage time to ensure consistently high CMR image quality.
PMID: 31909472 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Cardiology Journal - January 6, 2020 Category: Cardiology Authors: Löbe S, Leuthäusser C, Pölkow A, Hilbert S, Sommer P, Bollmann A, Hindricks G, Paetsch I, Jahnke C Tags: Cardiol J Source Type: research