Esophagus imaging for radiofrequency ablation of atrial fibrillation using a dual-source computed tomography system: Preliminary observations

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 167-170

  Kobza, Richard ^a   Auf Der Maur, Christoph ^a   Kurtz, Claudia ^b   Hoffmann, Alexander ^b   Allgayer, Bernhard ^b   Erne, Paul ^a  

^a Division of Cardiology   (Switzerland)

^b Institute of Radiology   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Dual source computed tomography; Electroanatomic mapping system; Esophagus

Indexed keywords

IOHEXOL; IOPROMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; STOMACH TUBE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOLOGY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ESOPHAGUS; HEART; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 35348893720     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-007-9154-5     Document Type: Article

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