Magnetic catheter manipulation

Coronary Artery Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-27

  Faddis, Mitchell N ^a   Lindsay, Bruce D ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Intracardiac mapping; Pulmonary vein; Robotic catheter manipulation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART CATHETER; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAGNET; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; OPERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; CATHETER ABLATION; CATHETERIZATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; ROBOTICS;

EID: 0037296524     PISSN: 09546928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019501-200302000-00004     Document Type: Review

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