Three-dimensional rotational angiography of the left atrium and esophagus-A virtual computed tomography scan in the electrophysiology lab?

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-43

  Orlov, Michael V ^a   Hoffmeister, Peter ^a   Chaudhry, G Muqtada ^a   Almasry, Ibrahim ^a   Gijsbers, Geert H M ^b   Swack, Tammee ^a   Haffajee, Charles I ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Esophagus; Imaging; Left atrium; Pulmonary veins; Reconstruction; Three dimensional rotational angiography

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CATHETER; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY VEIN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33845730908     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2006.10.003     Document Type: Article

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