The impact of respiration on left atrial and pulmonary venous anatomy: Implications for image-guided intervention

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1173-1178

  Noseworthy, Peter A ^a   Malchano, Zachary J ^a   Ahmed, Jameel ^a   Holmvang, Godtfred ^a   Ruskin, Jeremy N ^a   Reddy, Vivek Y ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial Fibrillation; Electroanatomical Mapping; Electrophysiology; Left Atrium; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Pulmonary Veins; Registration; Respiration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VEIN DIAMETER;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 27744472289     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2005.08.008     Document Type: Article

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