Validation of two-dimensional methods for left atrial volume measurement: A comparison of echocardiography with cardiac computed tomography

Echocardiography

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1135-1142

  Al Mohaissen, Maha A ^a   Kazmi, Mustapha H ^a   Chan, Kwan Leung ^a   Chow, Benjamin J W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

cardiac CT; echocardiography; left atrial volume

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CARDIAC IMAGING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT ATRIAL VOLUME; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VOLUMETRY;

CARDIAC CT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; LEFT ATRIAL VOLUME;

CARDIAC VOLUME; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84887019258     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/echo.12253     Document Type: Article

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