Imaging technique and clinical utility for electrophysiologic procedures of lower frequency (9 MHz) intracardiac echocardiography

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1557-1560

  Ren, Jian Fang ^a   Schwartzman, David ^b   Callans, David ^b   Marchlinski, Francis E ^b   Gottlieb, Charles D ^b   Chaudhry, Farooq A ^b  

^a ALLEGHENY UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ADULT; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032535767     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(98)00709-7     Document Type: Article

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