Left atrial wall thickness variability measured by CT scans in patients undergoing pulmonary vein isolation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1232-1236

  Beinart, Roy ^a   Abbara, Suhny ^a   Blum, Andrew ^a   Ferencik, Maros ^a   Heist, Kevin ^a   Ruskin, Jeremy ^a   Mansour, Moussa ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; catheter ablation; CT scan; left atrium; pulmonary vein isolation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BOSTON; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY VEINS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80053509654     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2011.02100.x     Document Type: Article

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