Myofiber architecture of the human atria as revealed by submillimeter diffusion tensor imaging

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Pashakhanloo, Farhad ^a   Herzka, Daniel A ^a   Ashikaga, Hiroshi ^b   Mori, Susumu ^a   Gai, Neville ^c   Bluemke, David A ^c   Trayanova, Natalia A ^a   McVeigh, Elliot R ^a,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

arrhythmias, cardiac; atrial function; atrial myoarchitecture; diffusion magnetic resonance imaging; diffusion tensor imaging; fiber orientation; heart atria

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC MUSCLE CELL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRACTOGRAPHY; VERY ELDERLY; CINE MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DIAGNOSIS; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE FIBRIL; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOFIBRILS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 84964478089     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.116.004133     Document Type: Article

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