Prone position is essential for detection of pulmonary vein pseudostenosis by enhanced multidetector computed tomography in patients who undergo pulmonary vein isolation

Circulation Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1460-1464

  Yamaji, Hirosuke ^a   Hina, Kazuyoshi ^a   Kawamura, Hiroshi ^a   Murakami, Takashi ^a   Murakami, Masaaki ^a   Yamamoto, Keizo ^a   Hirohata, Atsushi ^a   Miyoshi, Toru ^b   Hirohata, Satoshi ^b   Kusachi, Shozo ^b  

^a THE SAKAKIBARA HEART INSTITUTE OF OKAYAMA   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Complication; Pulmonary vein; Radiology; Stenosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING AORTA COMPRESSION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LUNG VEIN OBSTRUCTION; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; PULMONARY VEIN PSEUDOSTENOSIS; SUPINE POSITION; VEIN DIAMETER; VEIN SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 50449109505     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-08-0055     Document Type: Article

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