Computerized three-dimensional potential mapping with a multielectrode basket catheter can be useful for pulmonary vein electrical disconnection

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-33

  Yamada, Takumi ^a,d   Murakami, Yoshimasa ^a   Muto, Masahiro ^a   Okada, Taro ^a   Okamoto, Mitsuhiro ^a   Shimizu, Takeshi ^a   Toyama, Junji ^a   Yoshida, Yukihiko ^b   Tsuboi, Naoya ^b   Ito, Teruo ^b   Kondo, Takahisa ^c   Inden, Yasuya ^c   Hirai, Makoto ^c   Murohara, Toyoaki ^c  

^a Aichi Prefectural Owari Hospital   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA DAINI RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d Aichi Prefectural Owari Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Multielectrode basket catheter; Pulmonary veins; Radiofrequency catheter ablation; Three dimensional potential mapping

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLOR; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CATHETER; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIELECTRODE BASKET CATHETER; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; RADIOFREQUENCY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 20244387565     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-005-5838-x     Document Type: Article

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