Comparison of computed tomography imaging with intraprocedural contrast esophagram: Implications for catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 975-980

  Daoud, Emile G ^a   Hummel, John D ^a   Houmsse, Mahmoud ^a   Hart, David T ^a   Weiss, Raul ^a   Liu, Zhenguo ^a   Augostini, Ralph ^a   Kalbfleisch, Steven ^a   Smith, Macy C ^a   Mehta, Rohit ^a   Gangasani, Ashish ^a   Raman, Subha V ^a  

^a Richard M Ross Heart Hospital ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Computed tomography; Esophagus; Pulmonary vein

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; CONTRAST MEDIUM; E Z PASTE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAPROCEDURAL CONTRAST ESOPHAGRAM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 46349103329     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2008.03.058     Document Type: Article

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