The Role of Left Atrial Imaging in the Management of Atrial Fibrillation

Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 136-151

  Walters, Tomos E ^a,b   Ellims, Andris H ^c   Kalman, Jonathan M ^a,b  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial strain analysis; Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging; Catheter ablation; Computed tomography; Echocardiography

Indexed keywords

AORTOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL ANALYSIS; CARDIAC COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIAC MAPPING SYSTEM; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CATHETER ABLATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRO ANATOMIC MAPPING; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM REMODELING; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACARDIAC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; REVERSE REMODELING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SCAR FORMATION; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; ATRIAL REMODELING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84942089245     PISSN: 00330620     EISSN: 18731740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcad.2015.07.010     Document Type: Article

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