Visualization of pulmonary vein stenosis after radio frequency ablation using multi-slice computed tomography: Initial clinical experience in 33 patients

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 287-291

  Burgstahler, Christof ^a   Trabold, Tobias ^a   Kuettner, Axel ^a   Kopp, Andreas F ^a   Mewis, Christian ^a   Kuehlkamp, Volker ^a   Claussen, Claus D ^a   Schroeder, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation (AF); Imaging technique; Multi slice detected computed tomography (MSCT); Pulmonary vein stenosis; Radiofrequency ablation (RFA)

Indexed keywords

IOPROMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INCIDENCE; LUNG VEIN OBSTRUCTION; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY VEINS; PULMONARY VENO-OCCLUSIVE DISEASE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 20744460638     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2004.05.034     Document Type: Article

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