Assessment of left atrial volume and function in patients with permanent atrial fibrillation: Comparison of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, 320-slice multi-detector computed tomography, and transthoracic echocardiography

European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 532-540

  Agner, Bue F Ross ^a   Kühl, Jørgen Tobias ^b   Linde, Jesper James ^a   Kofoed, Klaus F ^b   Åkeson, Per ^a   Rasmussen, Bo V ^a   Jensen, Gorm B ^a   Dixen, Ulrik ^a  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; cardiac magnetic resonance; left atrial function; left atrial volume; multi detector computed tomography; transthoracic echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84898860507     PISSN: 20472404     EISSN: 20472412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jet239     Document Type: Article

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