Normative Analysis of Pulmonary Vein Drainage Patterns on Multidetector CT With Measurements of Pulmonary Vein Ostial Diameter and Distance to First Bifurcation

Academic Radiology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 178-188

  Cronin, Paul ^a   Kelly, Aine Marie ^a   Desjardins, Benoit ^a   Patel, Smita ^a   Gross, Barry H ^a   Kazerooni, Ella A ^a   Morady, Fred ^b   Oral, Hakan ^b   Carlos, Ruth C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT); left atrium; paroxysmal and persistent atrial fibrillation; pulmonary vein; radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; IMAGING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THORAX EXAMINATION; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VEIN DIAMETER; VEIN MALFORMATION;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOHEXOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33846225687     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2006.11.004     Document Type: Article

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