Usefulness of cardiac computed tomographic delayed contrast enhancement of the left atrial appendage before pulmonary vein ablation

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 677-684

  Sawit, Simonette T ^a   Garcia Alvarez, Ana ^a,b,c   Suri, Bhavna ^d   Gaztanaga, Juan ^d   Fernandez Friera, Leticia ^a,b   Mirelis, Jesus G ^a,b   D'Anca, Michael ^d   Fuster, Valentin ^a,b   Sanz, Javier ^a   Garcia, Mario J ^e  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CARDIOVASCULARES CNIC   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^d WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINUS RHYTHM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PULMONARY VEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84857508610     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.10.028     Document Type: Article

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