Contrast-enhanced C-arm CT evaluation of radiofrequency ablation lesions in the left ventricle

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 259-268

  Girard, Erin E ^a   Al Ahmad, Amin ^a   Rosenberg, Jarrett ^a   Luong, Richard ^a   Moore, Teri ^b   Lauritsch, Günter ^c   Boese, Jan ^c   Fahrig, Rebecca ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

^c SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

arrhythmia; C arm computed tomography; catheter ablation; computed tomography; electrophysiology; imaging

Indexed keywords

IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; C ARM COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; IOHEXOL; NECROSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SWINE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79952713191     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2010.11.019     Document Type: Article

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