Comparison of imaging techniques to assess appendage anatomy and measurements for left atrial appendage closure device selection

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 462-467

  López Mínguez, José Ramón ^a   González Fernández, Reyes ^a   Fernández Vegas, Concepción ^a   Millán Nuñez, Victoria ^a   Fuentes Cañamero, María Eugenia ^a   Nogales Asensio, Juan Manuel ^a   Doncel Vecino, Javier ^a   Yuste Domínguez, María ^a   García Serrano, Laura ^a   Sánchez Quintana, Damián ^b  

^a HOSPITAL INFANTA CRISTINA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amplatzer occluder device; angiography; atrial appendage; computed tomography; computer generated 3D imaging; magnetic resonance imaging; transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMPLATZER VASCULAR PLUG; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHADS2 SCORE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE COMPARISON; ECHOCARDIOGRAPH; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE CLOSURE DEVICE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; SEPTAL OCCLUDER; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SEPTAL OCCLUDER DEVICE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84907062828     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: 15572501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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