Phased-array intracardiac echocardiography to guide radiofrequency ablation in the left atrium and at the pulmonary vein ostium

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 343-348

  Morton, Joseph B ^a   Sanders, Prashanthan ^a   Byrne, Melissa J ^b   Power, John ^b   Mow, Christopher ^a   Edwards, Glenn A ^c   Kalman, Jonathan M ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Intracardiac echocardiography; Phased array; Pulmonary vein; Radiofrequency ablation; Transseptal puncture

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; SHEEP;

EID: 0035106286     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2001.00343.x     Document Type: Article

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