Three-dimensional assessment of left atrial appendage orifice geometry and potential implications for device closure

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 819-823

  O'Brien, Julie ^a   Al Hassan, Donya ^a   Ng, Justin ^a   Joshi, Madalsa ^a   Hague, Cameron ^a   Chakrabarti, Santabhanu ^a   Leipsic, Jonathon ^a  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Left atrial appendage; Multi detector computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SURFACE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VERY ELDERLY; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DEVICES; HEART CATHETERIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL MODEL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84898804900     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 15730743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-014-0393-0     Document Type: Article

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