Axial area and anteroposterior diameter as estimates of left atrial size using computed tomography of the chest: Comparison with 3-dimensional volume

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 49-54

  Mahabadi, Amir A ^a   Truong, Quynh A ^a   Schlett, Christopher L ^a   Samy, Bharat ^b   O'Donnell, Christopher J ^a,c   Fox, Caroline S ^b,c   Bamberg, Fabian ^a   Hoffmann, Udo ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY   (United States)

Author keywords

Axial area; Electron beam computed tomography (EBCT); Left atrium; Multidetector computed tomography (MDCT); Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; AORTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIIODOBENZOIC ACIDS;

EID: 76249096574     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2009.10.013     Document Type: Article

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