Fibrillation Delayed-Enhancement Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients With Atrial Detection and Quantification of Left Atrial Structural Remodeling

Copyright © 2009 American Heart Association. All rights reserved. Print ISSN: 0009-7322. Online 72514 Circulation is published by the American Heart Association. 7272 Greenville Avenue, Dallas, TX DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.811877 published online Mar 23, 2009; Circulation Parker, Rob S. MacLeod and Nassir F. Marrouche Dennis M. Segerson, Marcos Daccarett, Jessiciah Windfelder, Christopher J. McGann, Nathan Burgon, Eric N. Fish, Joshua J.E. Blauer, Swati N. Rao, Edward V.R. DiBella, Robert S. Oakes, Troy J. Badger, Eugene G. Kholmovski, Nazem Akoum, Nathan S. Fibrillation Delayed-Enhancement Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients With Atrial Detection and Quantification of Left Atrial Structural Remodeling With http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.811877/DC1 Data Supplement (unedited) at: http://circ.ahajournals.org located on the World Wide Web at: The online version of this article, along with updated information and services, is

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