title: Assessment of LV Myocardial Scar Before Atrial Fibrillation Ablation.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: rykwong@partners.org.
authors.forename: Raymond Y
authors.initials: RY
authors.lastname: Kwong
authors.affiliation: Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago; Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.
authors.forename: Afshin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Farzaneh-Far
mesh_terms: D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000601:surgery*; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D016276:Ventricular Function / Q000502:physiology*
keywords: ablation therapy; atrial fibrillation; cardiac magnetic resonance; late gadolinium enhancement