Measurements of the left atrium and pulmonary veins for analysis of reverse structural remodeling following cardiac ablation therapy

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 198-206

  Rettmann, Maryam E ^a   Holmes, David R ^a   Breen, Jerome F ^a   Ge, Xin ^a   Karwoski, Ronald A ^a   Monahan, Kristi H ^a   Bahnson, Tristram D ^b   Packer, Douglas L ^a   Robb, Richard A ^a   Bailin, Steven ^c   Bhandari, Anil ^d   Day, John ^e   Hum Mel, John ^f   Kay, Neil ^g   Wilber, David ^h  

^a Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e INTERMOUNTAIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^h LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cardiac ablation therapy; Left atrial segmentation; Left atrial volume; Left atrium; Pulmonary vein diameter

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; DISEASES; DRUG THERAPY; HEART; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TITRATION; VOLUME MEASUREMENT;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC ABLATION; LEFT ATRIAL VOLUME; LEFT ATRIUMS; PULMONARY VEINS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ABLATION THERAPY; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CARDIAC IMAGING; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GEOMETRY; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CYCLE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MEASUREMENT REPEATABILITY; PULMONARY VEIN; VALIDATION STUDY; VOLUMETRY; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; PULMONARY VEINS;

EID: 84922349126     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: 18727565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2014.11.001     Document Type: Article

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