Assessment of left atrial volume and function: A comparative study between echocardiography, magnetic resonance imaging and multi slice computed tomography

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1061-1071

  Kühl, J Tobias ^a   Lønborg, Jacob ^a   Fuchs, Andreas ^a   Andersen, Mads J ^a   Vejlstrup, Niels ^a   Kelbæk, Henning ^a   Engstrøm, Thomas ^a   Møller, Jacob E ^a   Kofoed, Klaus F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging; Left atrial function; Left atrial size; Multi slice computed tomography (MSCT); Transthoracic echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OBSERVER VARIATION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VOLUMETRY;

AGED; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; DENMARK; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84865063471     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 15730743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-011-9930-2     Document Type: Article

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