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Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Barcelona

Caption

Morphological descriptors of the left atria and its appendage (LAA). Top: (a) Maximal (D1π‘œπ‘ π‘‘) and minimal (D2π‘œπ‘ π‘‘) ostium diameter. (b) Ostium perimeter (po) and area (Ao), in orange and yellow, respectively. (c) LAA height (h𝐿𝐴𝐴), distance to the apex (hπœƒ), bending angle (𝛼𝐿𝐴𝐴), ostium origin (O𝐿𝐴𝐴), and point of mesh intersection (pπ‘–π‘›π‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿ). (d) LAA anterior (d𝐴), posterior (d𝑝) and antero-posterior (d𝐴𝑃)distances, and centre of mass (pπ‘šπ‘Žπ‘ π‘ ). Bottom: curvature and gyrification index (GI), left and right, respectively.

Credit

Jordi Mill, Josquin Harrison, Marta Saiz-Vivo, Carlos Albors, Xabier Morales, Andy L. Olivares, Xavier Iriart, Hubert Cochet, Jerome Noailly, Maxime Sermesant & Oscar Camara.

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