Ultrasonic characterization of the pulmonary venous wall: Echographic and histological correlation

Circulation

Volumn 106, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 968-973

  Cabrera, José Angel ^a   Sánchez Quintana, Damián ^a   Farré, Jerónimo ^a   Navarro, Felipe ^a   Rubio, José Manuel ^a   Cabestrero, Fernando ^a   Anderson, Robert H ^a   Ho, Siew Yen ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ablation; Arrhythmia; Atrial flutter; Electrophysiology; Imaging

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; APPARATUS; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LUNG HILUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; THICKNESS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VEIN WALL;

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037143613     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000026397.78200.C4     Document Type: Article

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