Extra cardiac findings by 64-multidetector computed tomography in patients with symptomatic atrial fibrillation prior to pulmonal vein isolation

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 127-134

  Sohns, Christian ^a   Sossalla, Samuel ^a   Vollmann, Dirk ^a   Luethje, Lars ^a   Seegers, Joachim ^a   Schmitto, Jan D ^b   Zabel, Markus ^a   Obenauer, Silvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

64 MDCT; Atrial fibrillation; Extra cardiac findings; Pulmonary vein ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD DEGENERATIVE SPINE DISEASE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NEOPLASM; PLEURA THICKENING; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; SPINE DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PULMONARY VEINS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951853430     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-010-9653-9     Document Type: Article

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