Intracardiac echocardiography guiding successful ablation

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 4-5

  Bruce, C J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; CATHETER; CATHETER ABLATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMORAL VEIN; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RELIABILITY; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; TRANSDUCER;

ATRIAL FLUTTER; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; HEART; HUMANS;

EID: 0037367429     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euje.2002.0625     Document Type: Editorial

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