Pulmonary venous anatomy imaging with low-dose, prospectively ecg-triggered, high-pitch 128-slice dual-source computed tomography

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 521-530

  Thai, Wai Ee ^a   Wai, Bryan ^a   Lin, Kaity ^a   Cheng, Teresa ^a   Heist, E Kevin ^a   Hoffmann, Udo ^a   Singh, Jagmeet P ^a   Truong, Quynh A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia (heart rhythm disorders); Atrial fibrillation; Computed tomography; Imaging; Pulmonary vein isolation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HIGH PITCH 128 SLICE DUAL SOURCE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VENOUS ANATOMY IMAGING; RADIATION DOSE; SINUS RHYTHM;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VEINS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 84863672244     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.111.968313     Document Type: Article

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