Phased-array intracardiac echocardiography for defining cavotricuspid isthmus anatomy during radiofrequency ablation of typical atrial flutter

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 591-597

  Morton, Joseph B ^b   Sanders, Prashanthan ^b   Davidson, Neil C ^b   Sparks, Paul B ^b   Vohra, Jitendra K ^b   Kalman, Jonathan M ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Atrial flutter; Cavotricuspid isthmus; Intracardiac echocardiography; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANATOMY; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; CATHETER ABLATION; CAVOTRICUSPID ISTHMUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIUM; HEART; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; MONITORING; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURFACE PROPERTY; THICKNESS;

AGED; ARTERIES; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY VESSELS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART SEPTUM; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 0038307116     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2003.02152.x     Document Type: Review

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