Quantitative description of the 3D regional mechanics of the left atrium using cardiac magnetic resonance imaging

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 763-775

  Kuklik, P ^a   Molaee, P ^a   Podziemski, P ^b   Ganesan, A N ^a   Brooks, A G ^a   Worthley, S G ^a   Sanders, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

3D reconstruction; AF ablation; atrial fibrillation; atrial mechanical function; cardiac MRI

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; HEART; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

3D RECONSTRUCTION; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION ABLATION; ATRIAL MECHANICAL FUNCTION; CARDIAC MRI; LEFT ATRIUMS; MECHANICAL FUNCTIONS; PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATIONS; QUANTITATIVE DESCRIPTION;

DISEASES;

AGED; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROCEDURES; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

AGED; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 84898983809     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: 13616579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/35/5/763     Document Type: Article

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