Complex anatomy surrounding the left atrial posterior wall: Analysis with 3D computed tomography

Heart and Vessels

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 58-64

  Maeda, Shingo ^a,b   Iesaka, Yoshito ^c   Uno, Kikuya ^c   Otomo, Kiyoshi ^c   Nagata, Yasutoshi ^c   Suzuki, Kenji ^c   Hachiya, Hitoshi ^b   Goya, Masahiko ^d   Takahashi, Atsushi ^e   Fujiwara, Hideomi ^c   Hiraoka, Masayasu ^b   Isobe, Mitsuaki ^b  

^a MUSASHINO RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TSUCHIURA KYODO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d KOKURA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e YOKOSUKA KYOSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrioesophageal fistula; Multidetector computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ESOPHAGUS; HEART ATRIUM; INJURY; JAPAN; LESIONS AND DEFECTS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 84861164052     PISSN: 09108327     EISSN: 16152573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00380-011-0120-x     Document Type: Article

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