The ambiguous pulmonary venoatrial junction: A new perspective

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 433-443

  Konin, Gabrielle P ^a   Jain, Vineet R ^a   Fisher, John D ^a   Haramati, Linda B ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Computed tomography (CT); Pulmonary veins

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; EMBRYOLOGY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY VEIN; VEIN DIAMETER;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; PULMONARY VEINS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 41149146129     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-007-9270-4     Document Type: Article

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