Value of CT localization of the fossa ovalis prior to transseptal left heart catheterization for left atrial ablation

Europace

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 417-423

  Graham, Lee Nicholas ^a   Melton, Iain Craig ^a   MacDonald, Sharyn ^a   Crozier, Ian George ^a  

^a CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Left atrial catheter ablation; Transseptal catheterization

Indexed keywords

IOPROMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ARRHYTHMIA; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIA; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; IOHEXOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUNCTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34547855060     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eum047     Document Type: Article

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