Variation of the size of pulmonary venous ostia during the cardiac cycle: Optimal reconstruction window at ECG-gated multi-detector row CT

European Radiology

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1441-1445

  Choi, Sang Il ^a,b   Seo, Joon Beom ^a   Choi, Seong Hoon ^a   Lee, Soo Hyun ^a   Do, Kyung Hyun ^a   Ko, Sung Min ^a   Lee, Jin Seong ^a   Song, Jae Woo ^a   Song, Koun Sik ^a   Choi, Kee Joon ^a   Kim, You Ho ^a   Lim, Tae Hwan ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Arrythmia; CT; Heart; Pulmonary veins

Indexed keywords

NONIONIC CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FOLLOW UP; GATED IMAGING; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART CYCLE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VEIN DIAMETER;

ADULT; AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIASTOLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IOHEXOL; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PULMONARY VEINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYSTOLE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 22144472998     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-005-2694-0     Document Type: Article

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