Left atrial function and maximum volume as determined by MDCT are independently associated with atrial fibrillation

Academic Radiology

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1162-1171

  Stojanovska, Jadranka ^a   Cronin, Paul ^b   Gross, Barry H ^b   Kazerooni, Ella A ^b   Tsodikov, Alex ^c   Frank, Luba ^b   Oral, Hakan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HOSPITALS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Left atrial function; Left atrial maximum diameter; Left atrial maximum volume; Left atrial minimum volume

Indexed keywords

IODIXANOL; CONTRAST MEDIUM; IODOBENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONICITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LEFT ATRIAL FUNCTION; LEFT ATRIAL MAXIMUM VOLUME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC USE; HEART ATRIUM; IMAGE QUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; CONTRAST MEDIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ODDS RATIO; ORGAN SIZE; PULMONARY VEINS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TRIIODOBENZOIC ACIDS;

EID: 84905577554     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: 18784046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2014.02.018     Document Type: Article

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