Imaging-based right-atrial anatomy by computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and three-dimensional transoesophageal echocardiography: correlations with anatomic specimens.

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Serval ID
serval:BIB_C6966184C6E4
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Collection
Publications
Title
Imaging-based right-atrial anatomy by computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and three-dimensional transoesophageal echocardiography: correlations with anatomic specimens.
Journal
European heart journal. Cardiovascular Imaging
Author(s)
Faletra F.F., Muzzarelli S., Dequarti M.C., Murzilli R., Bellu R., Ho S.Y.
ISSN
2047-2412 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
2047-2404
Publication state
Published
Issued date
12/2013
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
14
Number
12
Pages
1123-1131
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article ; Review
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
Nowadays computed tomography, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, and tridimensional transoesophageal echocardiography provide anatomic images of right-atrial structures with an impressive richness of anatomical details. It is therefore surprising that these techniques are not routinely used as complementary tools in teaching anatomy. This review aims to fill this gap showing the normal anatomy of right atrium as displayed by these sophisticated imaging techniques. A better understanding of right-atrial anatomy is crucial for the treatment of primary right-atrium electrical disorders as well as for catheter-based interventions for structural heart disease. The success of these procedures is, in fact, related to an accurate anatomical pre-procedural assessment. In this review, we describe the normal anatomy and variants of those right-atrial structures relevant for both ablationists and interventionalists.
Keywords
Diagnostic Imaging/methods, Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional/methods, Echocardiography, Transesophageal/methods, Female, Heart Atria/anatomy & histology, Heart Atria/diagnostic imaging, Humans, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine/methods, Male, Reference Values, Sensitivity and Specificity, Tomography, X-Ray Computed/methods, Cardiovascular imaging, Heart anatomy, Right atrium
Pubmed
Web of science
Open Access
Yes
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