Evaluation of left atrial and posterior mediastinal anatomy by multidetector helical computed tomography imaging: Relevance to ablation

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 217-223

  Hoffmeister, Peter S ^a   Chaudhry, G Muqtada ^a   Mendel, Jeffrey ^a   Almasry, Ibrahim ^a   Tahir, Syed ^a   Marchese, Thomas ^a   Haffajee, Charles I ^a   Orlov, Michael V ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Atrium; CT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA; ARTICLE; AZYGOS VEIN; BRONCHUS; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY SINUS; DECOMPRESSION; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NOSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; SPINE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH; VASCULAR SURGERY; VEIN MALFORMATION;

ADULT; AGED; AORTOGRAPHY; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 34250680936     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-007-9096-y     Document Type: Article

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