Advances in imaging for cardiac electrophysiology

Coronary Artery Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-13

  Asirvatham, Samuel J ^a   Bruce, Charles J ^a   Friedman, Paul A ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrhythmias; Intracardiac ultrasound; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FLUOROSCOPY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART TAMPONADE; HEART VENTRICLE PERFORATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTRACARDIAC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; IONIZING RADIATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY; REVIEW; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VENTILATION PERFUSION SCANNING; WOLFF PARKINSON WHITE SYNDROME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0037296641     PISSN: 09546928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019501-200302000-00002     Document Type: Review

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