Validation of a Simplified Method to Determine Left Atrial Volume by Computed Tomography in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 102, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1567-1570

  Hof, Irene ^a   Arbab Zadeh, Armin ^b   Dong, Jun ^b,c   Scherr, Daniel ^b,d   Chilukuri, Karuna ^b   Calkins, Hugh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR DEVICES AND RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT ATRIUM VOLUME; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION STUDY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 56349122185     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.07.048     Document Type: Article

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