Usefulness of multidetector-row computed tomography in evaluating adult cor triatriatum

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 349-351

  Su, Chieh Shou ^a   Tsai, I Chen ^a,b   Lin, Wei Wen ^a,c   Lee, Tain ^a,d   Ting, Chih Tai ^a,b   Liang, Kae Woei ^a,b  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CENTRAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^d CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cor triatriatum diagnosis; Heart atria abnormalities; Heart defects, congenital diagnosis; Hypertension, pulmonary; Tomography, X ray computed

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BREATHING RATE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COR TRIATRIATUM; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEART AUSCULTATION; HEART RATE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SINUS RHYTHM; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; COR TRIATRIATUM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 56149117876     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: 15266702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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