Atrial fibrillation: Multi-detector row CT of pulmonary vein anatomy prior to radio-frequency catheter ablation - Initial experience

Radiology

Volumn 234, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 702-709

  Jongbloed, Monique R M ^a   Dirksen, Martijn S ^a   Bax, Jeroen J ^a   Boersma, Eric ^b   Geleijns, Koos ^a   Lamb, Hildo J ^a   Van Der Wall, Ernst E ^a   De Roos, Albert ^a   Schalij, Martin J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; IOHEXOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 13844276089     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2343031047     Document Type: Article

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