Magnetic Resonance Imaging Versus Computed Tomography for Characterization of Pulmonary Vein Morphology Before Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 104, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1540-1546

  Hamdan, Ashraf ^a   Charalampos, Kriatselis ^a   Roettgen, Rainer ^b   Wellnhofer, Ernst ^a   Gebker, Rolf ^a   Paetsch, Ingo ^a   Jahnke, Cosima ^a   Schnackenburg, Bernhard ^c   Tang, Min ^a   Gerds Li, Hong ^a   Fleck, Eckart ^a  

^a DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOBENATE DIMEGLUMINE; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN OSTIUM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; COHORT STUDIES; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PULMONARY VEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 71649105691     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.07.029     Document Type: Article

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