Assessment of pulmonary venous stenosis after radiofrequency catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation by magnetic resonance angiography: A comparison of linear and cross-sectional area measurements

European Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2757-2767

  Tintěra, Jaroslav ^a   Porod, Václav ^a   Čihák, Robert ^a   Mlčochová, Hanka ^a   Rolencová, Eva ^a   Fendrych, Pavel ^a   Kautzner, Josef ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; MR angiography; Pulmonary veins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VEIN DIAMETER;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MEGLUMINE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; PULMONARY VEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 37849188368     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-006-0358-3     Document Type: Article

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