Dual-enhancement cardiac computed tomography for assessing left atrial thrombus and pulmonary veins before radiofrequency catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 238-244

  Hur, Jin ^a   Pak, Hui Nam ^a   Kim, Young Jin ^a   Lee, Hye Jeong ^a   Chang, Hyuk Jae ^a   Hong, Yoo Jin ^a   Choi, Byoung Wook ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC IMAGING TECHNIQUES; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VEINS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; THROMBOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84879840929     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2013.03.018     Document Type: Article

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