Cardiovascular computed tomographic angiography in patients with atrial fibrillation: challenges of anatomy, physiology, and electrophysiology

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 181-182

  Shinbane, Jerold S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTIFACT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 50949094761     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2008.04.001     Document Type: Editorial

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