Utility of Nongated Multidetector Computed Tomography for Detection of Left Atrial Thrombus in Patients Undergoing Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-76

  Martinez, Matthew W ^a   Kirsch, Jacobo ^a   Williamson, Eric E ^a   Syed, Imran S ^a   Feng, DaLi ^a   Ommen, Steve ^a   Packer, Douglas L ^a   Brady, Peter A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; computed tomography; left atrial appendage; thrombus

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; IOHEXOL; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THROMBOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 58149336906     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2008.09.011     Document Type: Article

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