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Cardiac MRI has a role in patients with post ablation after atrial fibrillation, expecially in patients with Permanent atrial fibrillation. Study have shown the rate of recurrence after atrial fibrillation (AF) is inversely related to degee of recurrence. So cardiac MRI can be used to Predict the recurrent AF after ablative therapy.

Hi Dr Muammer Karakayalı . I hope the following link might help: https://www.aerjournal.com/articles/cardiac-mri-manage-atrial-fibrillation

Also, see the following link: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02761343

Kindly, see also the following link that might help: https://myhealth.alberta.ca/Health/Pages/conditions.aspx?hwid=zx3808

Dear Muammer karakayali. Sorry, i need to correct a sentence :the rate of recurrence is inversely proportional to degee of scar tissue detectecd by MRI. Regards.

Check https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5444970/

Also check https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20223425/

Also check on this paper.

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