Percutaneous left atrial appendage transcatheter occlusion (PLAATO): Planning and follow-up using contrast-enhanced MRI

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 361-364

  Mohrs, Oliver K ^a,b   Schraeder, Rainer ^b   Petersen, Steffen E ^c   Scherer, Detlef ^a   Nowak, Bernd ^a   Kauczor, Hans Ulrich ^b   Voigtlaender, Thomas ^a  

^a CARDIOANGIOLOGISCHES CENTRUM BETHANIEN   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac imaging; Cardiovascular disease; Dynamic MRI; Implantable devices; MRI

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE; WARFARIN; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FOLLOW UP; GATED IMAGING; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCUTANEOUS LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE TRANSCATHETER OCCLUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDUAL PERFUSION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; CASE REPORT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; METHODOLOGY; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES;

AGED; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 33644974818     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.04.1875     Document Type: Article

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