Comparison of contrast enhanced 64-slice computed tomography and transesophageal echocardiography in detection of left atrial thrombus in patients with atrial fibrillation

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 199-203

  Tang, Ri Bo ^a   Dong, Jian Zeng ^a   Zhang, Zhao Qi ^a   Li, Zhi An ^a   Liu, Xing Peng ^a   Kang, Jun Ping ^a   Yu, Rong Hui ^a   Long, De Yong ^a   Ma, Chang Sheng ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Computed tomography; Left atrial thrombus; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 48349114668     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-008-9243-0     Document Type: Article

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