Mapping epicardial fat with multi-detector computed tomography to facilitate percutaneous transepicardial arrhythmia ablation

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 417-422

  Abbara, Suhny ^a   Desai, Jay C ^a   Cury, Ricardo C ^a   Butler, Javed ^a   Nieman, Koen ^a   Reddy, Vivek ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmias; Computed tomography; Epicardial fat; Percutaneous ablation; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT MONITORING;

ARRHYTHMIAS; EPICARDIAL FAT; PERCUTANEOUS ABLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION;

CARDIOLOGY;

FAT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE SIZE; HUMAN; INFARCTION; LIPID STORAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMIA; BODY CONSTITUTION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 32844457625     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2005.12.030     Document Type: Article

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