Dynamic multidimensional imaging of the human left atrial appendage

Europace

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1134-1140

  Lacomis, Joan M ^a   Goitein, Orly ^a   Deible, Christopher ^a   Moran, Pauline L ^a   Mamone, Giuseppe ^a   Madan, Shobhit ^a   Schwartzman, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial appendage; Atrial fibrillation; Computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ANGIOGRAPHY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEART ATRIUM; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 39849091561     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eum227     Document Type: Article

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