title: Late Gadolinium Enhancement Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging Post-robotic Radiosurgical Pulmonary Vein Isolation (RRPVI): First Case in the World.
abstract: Pulmonary vein isolation using robotic radiosurgery system CyberKnife is a new non-invasive treatment of atrial fibrillation, currently in clinical phase. Robotic radiosurgical pulmonary vein isolation (RRPVI) uses stereotactic, non-invasive (painless) pinpoint radiation energy delivery to a small, precise area to accomplish ablation. The purpose of this report is to describe the finding of an increase in the enhancement of the left atrium demonstrated with the use of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging using late gadolinium enhancement (LGE-CMR) as a result of RRPVI in the first case in the world in humans using CyberKnife as a treatment for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF).
authors.affiliation: Imaging, Hospital Christus Muguerza.
authors.forename: Edgar
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Monroy
authors.affiliation: Cardiology, Hospital Christus Muguerza.
authors.forename: Jose
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Azpiri
authors.affiliation: Oncology, Hospital Christus Muguerza.
authors.forename: Cuauhtémoc
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: De La Peña
authors.affiliation: Oncology, Hospital Christus Muguerza.
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cardona
authors.affiliation: Oncology, Hospital Christus Muguerza.
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hinojosa
authors.affiliation: Imaging, Hospital Christus Muguerza.
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zamarripa
authors.affiliation: Cardiology, Hospital Christus Muguerza.
authors.forename: Jose
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Assad
keywords: atrial fibrillation; cardiac magnetic resonance; cardiac radiosurgery; cyberheart; cyberknife; pulmonary vein isolation