COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF INTRACARDIAC AND TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY OF PULMONARY VEINS, AND THE LEFT ATRIUM: INDICATIONS AND RESULTS IN PATIENTS WITH ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
Abstract
To compare effectiveness of computed tomography, angiography of the left atrium and pulmonary veins, intracardiac and transesophageal echocardiography in patients referred for the radiofrequency ablation procedure because of atrial fibrillation, fifty patients (19 women and 31 men) aged 56.4±11.3 years were examined.
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A. Sh. Revishvili
НЦ ССХ им. А.Н. Бакулева РАМН
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
V. M. Vorobyeva
НЦ ССХ им. А.Н. Бакулева РАМН
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
A. Yu. Grigoryev
НЦ ССХ им. А.Н. Бакулева РАМН
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
S. A. Aleksandrova
НЦ ССХ им. А.Н. Бакулева РАМН
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Revishvili A.Sh., Vorobyeva V.M., Grigoryev A.Yu., Aleksandrova S.A. COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF INTRACARDIAC AND TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY OF PULMONARY VEINS, AND THE LEFT ATRIUM: INDICATIONS AND RESULTS IN PATIENTS WITH ATRIAL FIBRILLATION. Journal of Arrhythmology. 2010;62(62):15-20. (In Russ.)
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