Pulmonary vein contraction: Characterization of dynamic changes in pulmonary vein morphology using multiphase multislice computed tomography scanning

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1645-1650

  Thiagalingam, Aravinda ^a   Reddy, Vivek Y ^a   Cury, Ricardo C ^a   Abbara, Suhny ^a   Holmvang, Godtfred ^a   Thangaroopan, Molly ^a   Ruskin, Jeremy N ^a   d'Avila, Andre ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrium; CT scanning; Imaging; Myocardial contraction physiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART CYCLE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; VEIN DIAMETER; VENOCONSTRICTION;

ATRIAL FUNCTION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PULMONARY VEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 59749090143     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2008.09.010     Document Type: Article

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