Prevalence of left atrial anatomical abnormalities in patients with recurrent atrial fibrillation compared with patients in sinus rhythm using multi-slice CT

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 268-273

  Lazoura, Olga ^a   Reddy, Tarryn ^a   Shriharan, Mona ^a   Lindsay, Alistair ^a   Nicol, Edward ^a   Rubens, Michael ^a   Padley, Simon ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accessory appendages; Atrial fibrillation; Diverticula; Left atrium

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVERTICULOSIS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SINUS RHYTHM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIVERTICULUM; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RECURRENCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862736197     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: 1876861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2012.02.004     Document Type: Article

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