MDCT of the left atrium and pulmonary veins in planning radiofrequency ablation for atrial fibrillation: A how-to guide

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 183, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 767-778

  Cronin, Paul ^a   Sneider, Michael B ^a   Kazerooni, Ella A ^a   Kelly, Aine Marie ^a   Scharf, Christoph ^b   Oral, Hakan ^b   Morady, Fred ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANATOMY; BLEEDING; CARDIOVERSION; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; REVIEW; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 4344693286     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.183.3.1830767     Document Type: Review

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