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work_nkihlhstnfh2bmizq5xwpbdore	Gerd Brunner	Left atrial scar burden determined by delayed enhancement cardiac magnetic resonance at post radiofrequency ablation: association with atrial fibrillation recurrence	2012.0	2	.pdf	application/pdf	873	99	53	Left atrial scar burden determined by delayed Left atrial (LA) radiofrequency (RF) ablation has become routine treatment for atrial fibrillation (AF) but still suffers from AF recurrence requiring a repeat procedure. We have utilized DECMR to quantify LA scar extent post LA-RF-ablation Full list of author information is available at the end of the article Table 1 LA-scar quantification in AF patients. LA= left atrium; LA scar (hyperenhanced area) was normalized by LA volume. © 2012 Brunner et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons whereas 14 (52%) patients demonstrated no AF recurrence. LA-scar was normally distributed Average LA scar extent, quantified in post LA-RF-ablation DE-CMR scans, was significantly larger in recurrence-free AF patients (16.56±5.3 cm2) when Cite this article as: Brunner et al.: Left atrial scar burden determined by radiofrequency ablation: association with atrial fibrillation recurrence.	./cache/work_nkihlhstnfh2bmizq5xwpbdore.pdf	./txt/work_nkihlhstnfh2bmizq5xwpbdore.txt