Cardiac conduction system: Anatomic landmarks relevant to interventional electrophysiologic techniques demonstrated with 64-detector CT

Radiographics

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1539-1565

  Saremi, Farhood ^a   Krishnan, Subramaniam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CORONARY SINUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHRENIC NERVE; PHYSIOLOGY; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SINUS NODE;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL SEPTUM; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY SINUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHRENIC NERVE; PULMONARY VEINS; SINOATRIAL NODE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 36849074865     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.276075003     Document Type: Review

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