Detection of pulmonary vein stenosis by transesophageal echocardiography: Comparison with multidetector computed tomography

American Heart Journal

Volumn 153, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 800-806

  Sigurdsson, Gardar ^a   Troughton, Richard W ^a   Xu, Xiao Fang ^a   Salazar, Holger P ^a   Wazni, Oussama M ^a   Grimm, Richard A ^a   White, Richard D ^a   Natale, Andrea ^a   Klein, Allan L ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VEIN DIAMETER;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; PULMONARY VENO-OCCLUSIVE DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34247273983     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2007.01.039     Document Type: Article

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