Intracardiac echocardiography: From electroanatomic correlation to clinical application in interventional electrophysiology

Italian Heart Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 387-398

  Calò, Leonardo ^a   Lamberti, Filippo ^a   Loricchio, Maria Luisa ^a   D'Alto, Michele ^a   Castro, Antonio ^a   Boggi, Augusto ^a   Pandozi, Claudio ^a   Santini, Massimo ^a  

^a SAN FILIPPO NERI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Echocardiography; Electrophysiology; Tachyarrhythmias

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY SINUS; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PULMONARY VEIN; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ARRHYTHMIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; HEART; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0036658544     PISSN: 1129471X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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