Electroanatomical systems to guided circumferential pulmonary veins ablation for atrial fibrillation: Initial experience from comparison between the Ensite/NavX and CARTO system

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 1156-1160

  Liu, Xu ^a   Wang, Xin Hua ^a   Gu, Jia Ning ^a   Zhou, Li ^a   Qiu, Jian Hua ^a  

^a SHANGHAI CHEST HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Electrophysiology; Pulmonary vein

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; GEOMETRY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN CATHETERIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS;

EID: 22944482518     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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