Assessment of the structural remodeling of the left atrium by 64-multislice cardiac CT: Comparative studies in controls and patients with atrial fibrillation

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 181-186

  Park, Mi Jung ^a,b   Jung, Jung Im ^a   Oh, Yong Seog ^a   Youn, Ho Joong ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cardiac remodeling; Left atrial appendage; Left atrium; Three dimensional computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANTERIOR LEFT ATRIUM; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; CARDIAC IMAGING; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPTYING VOLUME; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT AURICLE; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMUM LEFT ATRIUM VOLUME; MINIMUM LEFT ATRIUM VOLUME; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PAROXYSMAL HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; PERSISTENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VENOUS LEFT ATRIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84865453204     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.02.053     Document Type: Article

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