Posterior left atrial-esophageal relationship throughout the cardiac cycle

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 73-80

  Sra, Jasbir ^a,b   Krum, David ^a   Malloy, Angela ^a   Bhatia, Atul ^a   Cooley, Ryan ^a   Blanck, Zalmen ^a   Dhala, Anwer ^a   Anderson, Alfred J ^a   Akhtar, Masood ^a  

^a AURORA SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Esophageal injury; Imaging; Left atrium

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CYCLE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; THERMAL INJURY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; SYSTOLE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33845539695     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-006-9031-7     Document Type: Article

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