The emergence of catheter based ablation therapy for the prevention of recurrent atrial fibrillation has increased interest in the anatomy of the left atrium and pulmonary veins. In this article, we review the magnetic resonance imaging method of imaging the left atrium and the pulmonary veins, normal and variant anatomy, and the utility of imaging before and after atrial fibrillation ablation.
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