Identification of pulmonary vein stenosis after radiofrequency ablation for atrial fibrillation using MRI

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 34-35

  Yang, Ming ^a   Akbari, Haydar ^a   Reddy, Gautham P ^a   Higgins, Charles B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Veins, pulmonary; Veins stenosis

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; DISEASES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FLOW VELOCITY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; PULMONARY VEINS; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; STENOSES; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIES; VEIN, PULMONARY; VEIN-STENOSE;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; RADIOFREQUENCY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035139668     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-200101000-00006     Document Type: Article

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