The role of Multidetector CT in the evaluation of the left atrium and pulmonary veins anatomy before and after radio-frequency catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation. Preliminary results and work in progress. Technical note;Il ruolo della TC Multidetettore nella valutazione anatomica dell'atrio sinistro e delle vene polmonari prima e dopo ablazione percutanea con radiofrequenza della fibrillazione atriale. Risultati preliminari e work in progress. Nota tecnica

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 110, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 52-60

  Centonze, Maurizio ^a,b   Del Greco, Maurizio ^b   Nollo, Giandomenico ^c   Ravelli, Flavia ^c   Marini, Massimiliano ^b   Della Sala, Sabino Walter ^a   Dalla Palma, Francesco ^a  

^a Dipartimento di Radiodiagnostica   (Italy)

^b SANTA CHIARA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; CT; Pulmonary veins; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

IOMEPROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PERFORATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG INFARCTION; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PERFORATION; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VEIN PERFORATION; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 26244461266     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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