Accurate linear radiofrequency lesions guided by a nonfluoroscopic electroanatomic mapping method during atrial fibrillation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1672-1678

  Gepstein, Lior ^a   Wolf, Tamir ^a   Hayam, Gal ^a   Ben Haim, Shlomo A ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Electrophysiology

Indexed keywords

METHACHOLINE;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; LINEAR SYSTEM; MAGNETIC FIELD; NONHUMAN; TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0035161079     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2001.01672.x     Document Type: Article

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