Sixteen multidetector row computed tomography of pulmonary veins: 3-months' follow-up after treatment of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation with cryothermal ablation

European Radiology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1122-1127

  Maksimović, Ružica ^a   Scholten, Marcoen F ^a   Cademartiri, Filippo ^a   Jordaens, Luc J ^a   Pattynama, Peter M T ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Computed tomography; Pulmonary veins

Indexed keywords

ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY; CRYOTHERAPY; CRYOTHERMAL ABLATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; RISK REDUCTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CRYOSURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VEINS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 20344374403     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-005-2696-y     Document Type: Article

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