Diagnostic accuracy of arterial phase 64-slice multidetector CT angiography for left atrial appendage thrombus in patients undergoing atrial fibrillation ablation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 247-251

  Gottlieb, Ilan ^a   Pinheiro, Aurélio ^a   Brinker, Jeff A ^a   Corretti, Mary C ^a   Mayer, Susan A ^a   Bluemke, David A ^a   Lima, Joao A C ^a   Marine, Joseph E ^a   Berger, Ronald D ^a   Calkins, Hugh ^a   Abraham, Theodore P ^a   Henrikson, Charles A ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation ablation; Diagnostic test; Left atrial thrombus; Multidetector computed tomography; Transesophageal echocardiogram

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 39749156477     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2007.01043.x     Document Type: Article

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