October 28, 2017Circulation Arrhythmia and ElectrophysiologyOpen Access

Characterization of Gadolinium Contrast Enhancement of Radiofrequency Ablation Lesions in Predicting Edema and Chronic Lesion Size

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Why the study?

Does gadolinium contrast enhancement MRI accurately predict chronic lesion volume and show edema resulting from radiofrequency ablation?

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EGElyar GhafooriUniversity of Utah EKEugene KholmovskiCardiac Imaging STS. ThomasWestmead Hospital

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Implication

Animal data support timed MRI for ablation lesion assessment; leaves open translation to clinical practice.

Structured PICO

Does gadolinium contrast enhancement MRI accurately predict chronic lesion volume and show edema resulting from radiofrequency ablation?

Intervention

Gadolinium contrast enhancement MRI (acute late gadolinium enhancement at 26.1 minutes and T1-weighted immediately after contrast injection) for radiofrequency ablation lesions

Outcome

Prediction of chronic lesion volume and visualization of edemasurrogate

Late gadolinium enhancement and T1-weighted MRI can accurately predict chronic lesion volume and visualize acute edema following radiofrequency ablation.

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Ghafoori et al. (2017) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69a8adc13d930da281147c73 https://doi.org/10.1161/circep.117.005599

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Characterization of Gadolinium Contrast Enhancement of Radiofrequency Ablation Lesions in Predicting Edema and Chronic Lesion Size

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Characterization of Gadolinium Contrast Enhancement of Radiofrequency Ablation Lesions in Predicting Edema and Chronic Lesion Size

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