Computed Tomography Imaging of Left Atrium and Pulmonary Veins for Radiofrequency Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation

Seminars in Roentgenology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 154-166

  Stojanovska, Jadranka ^a   Cronin, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; SOTALOL;

ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG MECHANISM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART RATE; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; WOLFF PARKINSON WHITE SYNDROME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY VEINS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 40349094748     PISSN: 0037198X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ro.2008.01.010     Document Type: Article

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