CT of the pulmonary veins

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-76

  Lacomis, Joan M ^a,c   Goitein, Orly ^a   Deible, Christopher ^a   Schwartzman, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; CT; Left atrium; Pulmonary veins; Radiofrequency catheter ablation

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; BOERHAAVE SYNDROME; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEDIASTINITIS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MYOCARDITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX SURGERY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UNITED STATES; CATHETER ABLATION; HEART ATRIUM; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY VEINS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34247109151     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RTI.0b013e3180317aaf     Document Type: Conference Paper

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