The anatomical characteristics of three different endocardial lines in the left atrium: Evaluation by computed tomography prior to mitral isthmus block attempt

Europace

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1104-1111

  Cho, Youngjin ^a   Lee, Whal ^a   Park, Eun Ah ^a   Oh, Il Young ^a   Choi, Eue Keun ^a   Seo, Jeong Wook ^a   Oh, Seil ^a  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Multi detector computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMIC LANDMARK; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY ARTERY; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS NODE; SINUS NODE ARTERY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; PULMONARY VEINS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84864446943     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eus051     Document Type: Article

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