Asymptomatic partial anomalous pulmonary venous return masquerading as pulmonary vein occlusion following radiofrequency ablation

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 719-722

  Selby Jr , John Bayne ^a   Poghosyan, Tereza ^a   Wharton, Marcus ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Multislice CT; Partial anomalous pulmonary venous return; Post processing workstations; Pulmonary vein stenosis; RF ablation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG CIRCULATION; LUNG VEIN OBSTRUCTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; PULMONARY VEINS; PULMONARY VENO-OCCLUSIVE DISEASE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 39049176456     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 15730743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-006-9085-8     Document Type: Article

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