Electron beam computed tomography for the detection of left atrial thrombi in patients with atrial fibrillation

Heart

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1477-1478

  Achenbach, Stephan ^a,b   Sacher, D ^a   Ropers, D ^a   Pohle, K ^a   Nixdorff, U ^a   Hoffmann, U ^b   Muschiol, G ^a   Flachskampf, F A ^a   Daniel, W G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 10344227182     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2003.027805     Document Type: Article

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