Role of multidetector computed tomography in the anatomical definition of the left atrium-pulmonary vein complex in patients with atrial fibrillation. Personal experience and pictorial assay;Il ruolo della TCMD nella definizione anatomica del complesso atrio sinistro-vene polmonari nei pazienti affetti da fibrillazione atriale. Esperienza personale e rassegna iconografica

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 779-798

  Benini, K ^a,b   Marini, M ^b   Del Greco, M ^b   Nollo, G ^c   Manera, V ^b   Centonze, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b SANTA CHIARA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Multidetector computed tomography; Pulmonary veins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PULMONARY VEIN; R WAVE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 53949121836     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11547-008-0299-9     Document Type: Article

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