Comparison of the Accuracy of Multidetector Computed Tomography Versus Two-Dimensional Echocardiography to Measure Left Atrial Volume

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 104-109

  Avelar, Erick ^a,b   Durst, Ronen ^b   Rosito, Guido A ^b,c   Thangaroopan, Molly ^b   Kumar, Simi ^a   Tournoux, Francois ^b   Chan, Raymond C ^d   Hung, Judy ^b   Hoffmann, Udo ^b   Abbara, Suhny ^b   Brady, Thomas ^b   Cury, Ricardo C ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^d PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^e BAPTIST HOSPITAL OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IOPAMIDOL; IOPROMIDE;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART SIZE; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77953619516     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2010.02.021     Document Type: Article

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