Detection of inadvertent catheter movement into a pulmonary vein during radiofrequency catheter ablation by real-time impedance monitoring

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 674-678

  Cheung, Peter ^a   Hall, Burr ^a   Chugh, Aman ^a   Good, Eric ^a   Lemola, Kristina ^a   Han, Jihn ^a   Tamirisa, Kamala ^a   Pelosi Jr , Frank ^a   Morady, Fred ^a   Oral, Hakan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Impedance; Left atrium; Pulmonary vein

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CATHETER; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE CARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; CATHETER ABLATION; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VEINS; PULMONARY VENO-OCCLUSIVE DISEASE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2942558928     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2004.03562.x     Document Type: Article

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