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Double-contrast, single-phase computed tomography angiography for ruling out left atrial appendage thrombus prior to atrial fibrillation ablation

Prior to atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation, computed tomography angiography (CTA) is increasingly used for left atrial appendage (LAA) thrombus detection. LAA filling defects on CTA may represent thrombus or incomplete contrast mixing with blood. A pre-bolus of contrast material with delay before th...

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Autores principales: Teunissen, Cas, Habets, Jesse, Velthuis, Birgitta K., Cramer, Maarten J., Loh, Peter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Netherlands 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5247541/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27601228
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10554-016-0973-2