The utility of intracardiac echocardiography in interventional electrophysiology

Current Cardiology Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 329-334

  Epstein, Laurence M ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; REVIEW; TACHYCARDIA;

ARRHYTHMIA; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CATHETER ABLATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0034222068     PISSN: 15233782     EISSN: 15343170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11886-000-0089-z     Document Type: Article

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