Quality of coronary arterial 320-slice computed tomography images in subjects with chronic atrial fibrillation compared with normal sinus rhythm

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 65-70

  Uehara, Masae ^a   Funabashi, Nobusada ^a   Ueda, Marehiko ^a   Murayama, Taichi ^a   Takaoka, Hiroyuki ^a   Sawada, Koichi ^b   Kasahara, Tetsuharu ^b   Yanagawa, Noriyuki ^b   Komuro, Issei ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic atrial fibrillation; Normal sinus rhythm; Quality of coronary arterial 320 slice computed tomography images

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; RR INTERVAL; SINUS RHYTHM;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79960052568     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2010.02.032     Document Type: Article

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