Use of computed tomography to identify atrial fibrillation associated differences in left atrial wall thickness and density

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 55-62

  Dewland, Thomas A ^a   Wintermark, Max ^c   Vaysman, Anna ^a   Smith, Lisa M ^a   Tong, Elizabeth ^c   Vittinghoff, Eric ^b   Marcus, Gregory M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; atrium; computed tomography; imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY DENSITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PULMONARY VEIN;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84872179676     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pace.12028     Document Type: Article

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