U study shows MRI-based method holds promise for predicting treatment outcomes in patients with AF

Tuesday, April 7, 2009 - 10:56 in Health & Medicine

SALT LAKE CITY - University of Utah researchers have found that delayed-enhancement magnetic resonance imaging (DE-MRI) holds promise for predicting treatment outcomes and measuring disease progression for patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), a little known heart rhythm disorder that affects more than 3.5 million Americans and causes more than 66,000 deaths a year.

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