Percutaneous Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation: The Role of Cross-sectional Imaging

Radiographics

Volumn 23, Issue SPEC. ISS, 2003, Pages

  Ghaye, Benoit ^a   Szapiro, David ^a   Dacher, Jean Nicolas ^b   Rodriguez, Luz Maria ^c   Timmermans, Carl ^c   Devillers, David ^a   Dondelinger, Robert F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b ROUEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cryotherapy; Heart, arrhythmia, 50.91; Heart, CT, 50.12116; Heart, interventional procedures, 50.1269; Heart, MR, 50.12142

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIOVERSION; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CRYOSURGERY; DEFIBRILLATION; DIRECT CURRENT; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ENDOCARDIAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; RADIOFREQUENCY; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 0347324952     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.23si035513     Document Type: Review

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