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Abstract #2932

Accuracy of Detecting Gaps in Atrial RF Ablation Using LGE MRI

Sathya Vijayakumar1, 2, Eugene G. Kholmovski1, 2, Ravi Ranjan, 23, Joshua Blauer, 24, Kamal Vij5, Chris J. McGann, 23, Nassir F. Marrouche,

1UCAIR, Dept. of Radiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States; 2CARMA Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States; 3Dept. of Cardiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States; 4Scientific Computing Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States; 5MRI Interventions Inc., Irvine, CA, United States


Late Gadolinium Enhancement (LGE) MRI is frequently used to assess acute injury from RF ablation in the left atrium. In this work, we strive to determine the accuracy of the LGE MRI technique used to determine the gaps between acute lesions to optimize and improve the real-time MRI guided targeted RF ablation of lesion gaps.