Novel three-dimensional imaging of the anatomical relationship between the pulmonary vein and left atrium: Transparent view

Circulation Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 573-574

  Yamada, Minoru ^a   Jinzaki, Masahiro ^a,b   Sato, Kozo ^a   Tanami, Yutaka ^a   Fukumoto, Kotaro ^a   Tanimoto, Kojiro ^a   Takatsuki, Seiji ^a   Ogawa, Satoshi ^a   Kuribayashi, Sachio ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Multidetector row computed tomography; Post processing; Pulmonary vein ablation

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GEOMETRY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PULMONARY VEIN; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSPARENT VIEW IMAGING;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PULMONARY VEINS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 62649122843     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-08-1038     Document Type: Article

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