Accessory left atrial diverticulae: Contractile properties depicted with 64-slice cine-cardiac CT

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 241-248

  Killeen, Ronan P ^a   Ryan, Ronan ^a   MacErlane, Aoife ^a   Martos, Ramon ^a   Keane, David ^a   Dodd, Jonathan D ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cardiac CT; Computed tomography; Diverticulum; Left atrium

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTILITY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; DIASTOLE; DIVERTICULUM; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYSTOLE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77950931125     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-009-9511-9     Document Type: Article

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