Radiation doses during pediatric radiofrequency catheter ablation procedures

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 19, Issue 11 I, 1996, Pages 1605-1611

  Geise, Richard A ^a   Peters, Nancy E ^a   Dunnigan, Ann ^a   Milstein, Simón ^b  

^a UNIV OF MINNESOTA HOSP AND CLINIC   (United States)

^b Minneapolis Cardiology Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

ablution; pediatric cardiology; radiation dose

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE GROWTH; CATHETER ABLATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PAROXYSMAL TACHYCARDIA; PHANTOM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0029976850     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1996.tb03187.x     Document Type: Article

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