Comparison of pulmonary veins anatomy in patients with and without atrial fibrillation: Analysis by multislice tomography

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 181-185

  Wozniak Skowerska I ^a   Skowerski, M ^a   Wnuk Wojnar, A ^a   Hoffmann, A ^a   Nowak, S ^a   Gola, A ^a   Sosnowski, M ^a   Trusz Gluza, M ^a  

^a Upper Silesian Heart Center Katowice   (Poland)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Multislice computed tomography; Pulmonary veins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; VEIN DIAMETER;

ADULT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; FEMALE; HEART; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78651438344     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2009.06.047     Document Type: Article

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