Anatomical remodeling of left atria in subjects with chronic and paroxysmal atrial fibrillation evaluated by multislice computed tomography

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 384-388

  Imada, Megumi ^a   Funabashi, Nobusada ^a   Asano, Miki ^a   Uehara, Masae ^a   Ueda, Marehiko ^a   Komuro, Issei ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anatomical remodeling; Chronic and paroxysmal atrial fibrillation; Computed tomography; Left atria; Multislice

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

AGED; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAROXYSMAL HEMICRANIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THICKNESS; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34250335753     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.07.162     Document Type: Article

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