Use of a Non-Fluoroscopic Catheter Navigation System for Pulmonary Vein Isolation

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 165-170

  Wood, Mark A ^a,c   Christman, Paul J ^b   Shepard, Richard K ^a   Ellenbogen, Kenneth A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEDTRONIC INC   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Non fluoroscopic catheter navigation; Pulmonary veins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEVICE; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTRODES; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VEINS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 1942519192     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JICE.0000019271.94331.47     Document Type: Article

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