title: Current clinical practice of transesophageal echocardiography and cardiac computed tomography prior to atrial fibrillation ablation in Canada.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Awad
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Kiarash
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mohajer
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Kingston General Hospital, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Adrian
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Baranchuk
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Kingston General Hospital, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada. Electronic address: rs.pal@queensu.ca.
authors.forename: Raveen S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Pal
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D002170:Canada; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D064847:Multimodal Imaging / Q000379:methods; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011300:Preoperative Care; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Cardiac computed tomography; Echocardiography; Thrombus