Serial monitoring of reverse left-atrial remodeling after pulmonary vein isolation in patients with atrial fibrillation: A magnetic resonance imaging study. Jahnke, C., Fischer, J., Gerds-Li, J., Gebker, R., Manka, R., Fleck, E., Paetsch, I., & Kriatselis, C. Int J Cardiol, (in press), 2011.
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@Article{RSM:Jah2011,
  author =       "C. Jahnke and J. Fischer and J.H. Gerds-Li and R. Gebker
                 and R. Manka and E. Fleck and I. Paetsch and C. Kriatselis",
  title =        "Serial monitoring of reverse left-atrial remodeling after
                 pulmonary vein isolation in patients with atrial
                 fibrillation: A magnetic resonance imaging study.",
  journal =      "Int J Cardiol",
  year =         "2011",
  volume =       "(in press)",
  pages =        "",
  robnote =      "PURPOSE: To prospectively determine the impact of sinus
                 rhythm restoration on left-atrial (LA) volumes and
                 function assessed by cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR)
                 imaging within the first year after pulmonary vein
                 isolation (PVI). METHODS: Forty-one patients (28 men; age:
                 57+/-10years) with paroxysmal or non-paroxysmal atrial
                 fibrillation were studied serially using CMR at baseline
                 and at 1-, 3-, 6- and 12-month intervals following PVI. LA
                 diastolic and systolic volumes were determined by cine
                 imaging with full gapless LA coverage applying Simpson's
                 rule. Successful PVI was defined by a persisting sinus
                 rhythm during the 12-month follow-up after a 3-month
                 blanking period; patients with a relapse of atrial
                 fibrillation after the blanking period were censored (4
                 patients at 6-month follow-up and additional 6 patients at
                 12-month follow-up). RESULTS: In all patients, LA
                 diastolic and systolic volumes decreased significantly and
                 progressively during the 12-month follow-up (p<0.001 and
                 p=0.001, respectively). At basegline patients with
                 successful PVI demonstrated a significantly smaller LA
                 diastolic volume compared to patients with relapsed atrial
                 fibrillation (p=0.009). During the 3-month blanking
                 period, patients with successful PVI showed a significant
                 decrease of LA diastolic and systolic volumes (p=0.026 and
                 p=0.006, respectively) and a significant increase of LA
                 ejection fraction (p=0.028); patients with subsequent
                 relapse of atrial fibrillation, however, exhibited no
                 significant change of LA diastolic and systolic volumes or
                 LA ejection fraction. CONCLUSION: Restoration of sinus
                 rhythm led to a significant and progressive decrease of
                 left-atrial diastolic and systolic volumes during one year
                 following pulmonary vein isolation.",
  bibdate =      "Wed Aug 3 07:10:47 2011",
}

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