Use of intracardiac echocardiography in interventional electrophysiology

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 9 I, 1997, Pages 2248-2262

  Kalman, Jonathan M ^a   Olgin, Jeffrey E ^b   Karch, Martin R ^c   Lesh, Michael D ^c  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Intracardiac echocardiograph; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; CATHETER ABLATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR;

EID: 0030922895     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1997.tb04244.x     Document Type: Review

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