CT Applications in Electrophysiology

Cardiology Clinics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 619-631

  Joshi, Subodh B ^a   Blum, Andrew R ^a   Mansour, Moussa ^b   Abbara, Suhny ^a  

^a Cardiovascular Imaging Section   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac imaging; Cardiac resynchronization therapy; CT; Electrophysiology; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REVIEW; SURGICAL ANATOMY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70349120972     PISSN: 07338651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccl.2009.06.012     Document Type: Review

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