Fluoroscopic navigation to guide RF catheter ablation of cardiac arrhythmias

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 26 III, Issue , 2004, Pages 1929-1932

  Fallavollita, P ^a   Savard, P ^a   Sierra, G ^b  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Centre de Recherche Hopital Du Sacre Coeur de Montreal   (Canada)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Tachycardias

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); DATA ACQUISITION; ELECTRODES; INTERPOLATION; X RAYS;

BIPOLAR ELECTROGRAMS; CATHETER ABLATION; RADIO-FREQUENCY CATHETER ABLATION (RF ABLATION); TACHYCARDIAS;

CARDIOLOGY;

EID: 11144302985     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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