Reference normal absolute and indexed values from ECG-Gated MDCT: Left atrial volume, function, and diameter

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 197, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 631-637

  Stojanovska, Jadranka ^a   Cronin, Paul ^a   Patel, Smita ^a   Gross, Barry H ^a   Oral, Hakan ^a   Chughtai, Komal ^a   Kazerooni, Ella A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial diameter; Atrial fibrillation; Atrial function; Atrial volume; Left atrium; MDCT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM GATED MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; END DIASTOLIC VOLUME; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM VOLUME; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE ENDSYSTOLIC VOLUME; HUMAN; LEFT ATRIAL DIAMETER; LEFT ATRIAL FUNCTION; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIAC-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SOFTWARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIIODOBENZOIC ACIDS;

EID: 80052223785     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.5955     Document Type: Article

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