Multidetector row computed tomography for identification of left atrial appendage filling defects in patients undergoing pulmonary vein isolation for treatment of atrial fibrillation: Comparison with transesophageal echocardiography

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 253-260

  Patel, Apoor ^a   Au, Eric ^a   Donegan, Kerry ^a   Kim, Robert J ^a   Lin, Fay Y ^a   Stein, Kenneth M ^a   Markowitz, Steven M ^a   Iwai, Sei ^a   Weinsaft, Jonathan W ^a   Min, James K ^a   Lerman, Bruce B ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Computed tomography; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; ENOXAPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; RISK; STROKE VOLUME; THROMBOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 39049108354     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2007.10.025     Document Type: Article

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