Use of advanced mapping systems to guide ablation in complex cases: Experience with noncontact mapping and electroanatomic mapping systems

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 316-323

  Gurevitz, Osnat T ^a   Glikson, Michael ^b   Asirvatham, Samuel ^a   Kester, Tammy A ^a   Grice, Suellen K ^a   Munger, Thomas M ^a   Rea, Robert F ^a   Shen, Win Kuang ^a   Jahangir, Arshad ^a   Packer, Douglas L ^a   Hammill, Stephen C ^a   Friedman, Paul A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arrhythmias; Catheter ablation; Electroanatomic mapping; Noncontact mapping; Tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; DEVICE; ELECTROANATOMIC MAPPING; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONCONTACT MAPPING; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ARRHYTHMIA; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 18044392096     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2005.09477.x     Document Type: Article

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