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MDCT in the diagnostic algorithm in patients with symptomatic atrial fibrillation
Christian Sohns, Dirk Vollmann, Lars Luethje, Marc Dorenkamp, Joachim Seegers, Markus Zabel, Department of Cardiology and Pneumology, Heart Center, Georg-August-University Goettingen, D-37077 Goettingen, Germany
Jan D Schmitto, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, United States
Silvia Obenauer, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Medical Faculty, University Dusseldorf, D-40225 Dusseldorf, Germany
Author contributions: Sohns C as the primary author conceived the idea and wrote the main part of the manuscript together with Obenauer S and Zabel M; Vollmann D and Seegers J researched literature and designed the electrophysiologic section; Luethje L and Dorenkamp M obtained information regarding the role of three-dimensional imaging techniques prior to pulmonary vein isolation; Schmitto JD contributed to the discussion regarding anatomical considerations; all authors assisted in drafting and critical revision of the manuscript.
Correspondence to: Silvia Obenauer, MD, Professor, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Medical Faculty, University Dusseldorf, D-40225 Dusseldorf, Germany. obenauerheuser@yahoo.de
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Received: October 15, 2010
Revised: January 22, 2011
Accepted: January 25, 2011
Published online: February 28, 2011
Revised: January 22, 2011
Accepted: January 25, 2011
Published online: February 28, 2011
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