Role of intracardiac ultrasound in interventional electrophysiology

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 52-57

  Hynes, B John ^a   Mart, Chris ^a   Artman, Steve ^a   Pu, Min ^a   Naccarelli, Gerald V ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cardiac echocardiography; Interventional electrophysiology; Pulmonary veins; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CATHETER ABLATION; CATHETERIZATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SAFETY; TASK PERFORMANCE; THROMBOGENESIS; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FUNCTION TEST; METHODOLOGY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; PULMONARY VEINS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 2542456075     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001573-200401000-00011     Document Type: Review

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