Images in cardiovascular medicine. Changes in left atrial and pulmonary venous anatomy during respiration: a 4-dimensional computed tomography-based assessment and implications for atrial fibrillation ablation

Circulation. 2007 Jun 12;115(23):e617-9. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.688457.

Authors

Joris Ector¹, Dirk Loeckx, Walter Coudijzer, Stijn De Buck, Frederik Maes, Steven Dymarkowski, Jan Bogaert, Hein Heidbüchel

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, University of Leuven, Herestraat 49, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium. Joris.Ector@uz.kuleuven.ac.be

PMID: 17562962
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.688457

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Atrial Fibrillation / therapy*
Catheter Ablation
Exhalation
Heart Atria / anatomy & histology*
Humans
Inhalation
Male
Middle Aged
Pulmonary Veins / anatomy & histology*
Respiration*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*