Intra-cardiac echocardiography guided cardioversion to help interventional procedures (ICE-CHIP) study: Study design and methods

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages 31-36

  Rao, Hygriv B ^a   Saksena, Sanjeev ^a   Mitruka, Ravi ^a  

^a NJ and EP MED Systems   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial flutter; Cardioversion; Echocardiography; Imaging; Intracardiac echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; BLEEDING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; EUROPE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPEN STUDY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; STROKE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 24044516915     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-005-1069-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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