Left atrial appendage filling defects on 64-slice multidetector computed tomography in patients undergoing pulmonary vein isolation: Predictors and comparison to transesophageal echocardiography

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 946-951

  Singh, Nishith K ^a   Nallamothu, Nasaraiah ^a,b   Zuck, Vincent P ^a,b   Issa, Ziad F ^a,b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Prairie Cardiovascular Consultants Ltd   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Left atrial appendage filling defects; Left atrial appendage thrombus; Multidetector computed tomography

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FILLING; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; FILLING DEFECTS; LEAVE ATRIAL APPENDAGE FILLING DEFECT; LEAVE ATRIAL APPENDAGE THROMBUS; LEFT ATRIUMS; MULTI-DETECTORS; POSITIVE PREDICTIVE VALUES; PULMONARY VEINS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIES;

DISEASES;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE FILLING DEFECT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; IOPAMIDOL;

ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOPAMIDOL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY VEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 73949101966     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e31819cabc3     Document Type: Article

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