Left atrial volume and function assessment by magnetic resonance imaging

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1247-1250

  Hof, Irene E ^a   Velthuis, Birgitta K ^a   Van Driel, Vincent J ^a   Wittkampf, Fred H ^a   Hauer, Richard N ^a   Loh, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Left atrium; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; SYSTOLE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 78249243104     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2010.01805.x     Document Type: Article

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