Multidetector computed tomography for the detection of left atrial appendage thrombus: A comparative study with transesophageal echocardiography

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 905-909

  Shapiro, Michael D ^a   Neilan, Tomas G ^a   Jassal, Davinder S ^a   Samy, Bharat ^a   Nasir, Khurram ^a   Hoffmann, Udo ^a   Sarwar, Ammar ^a   Butler, Javed ^a   Brady, Thomas J ^a   Cury, Ricardo C ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Left atrial appendage; Multidetector computed tomography; Thrombus; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

DEFECTS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

AORTIC ROOT; COMPARATIVES STUDIES; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; DIAGNOSTIC PERFORMANCE; FILLING DEFECTS; LEAVE ATRIAL APPENDAGE; NEGATIVE PREDICTIVE VALUE; QUANTITATIVE PARAMETERS; THROMBUS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIES;

BLOOD VESSELS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 36649014316     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/rct.0b013e31803c55e3     Document Type: Article

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