Real-Time Three-Dimensional Transesophageal Echocardiography of the Left Atrial Appendage: Initial Experience in the Clinical Setting

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1362-1368

  Shah, Sanjiv J ^a   Bardo, Dianna M E ^b   Sugeng, Lissa ^b   Weinert, Lynn ^b   Lodato, Joseph A ^b   Knight, Bradley P ^b   Lopez, John J ^b   Lang, Roberto M ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

3 dimensional; Atrial fibrillation; Echocardiography; Imaging

Indexed keywords

IODIXANOL; IOHEXOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 56749107002     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2008.09.024     Document Type: Article

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