Integration of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in pre-procedural planning and electroanatomical mapping for catheter ablation after a Fontan-Bjork correction of tricuspid atresia.

Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging

Non-Invasive Cardiovascular Imaging Program, Department of Medicine (Cardiovascular Division) and Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA.

Published: November 2014

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