Endocardial impedance mapping during circumferential pulmonary vein ablation of atrial fibrillation differentiates between atrial and venous tissue

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 171-178

  Lang, Christopher C E ^a   Gugliotta, Filippo ^a   Santinelli, Vincenzo ^a   Mesas, Cézar ^a   Tomita, Takeshi ^a   Vicedomini, Gabriele ^a   Augello, Giuseppe ^a   Gulletta, Simone ^a   Mazzone, Patrizio ^a   De Cobelli, Francesco ^a   Del Maschio, Alessandro ^a   Pappone, Carlo ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ablation, Atrial fibrillation; Impedance; Mapping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CATHETER ABLATION; CIRCUMFERENTIAL PULMONARY VEIN ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE CARDIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; ROC CURVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 31444450898     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2005.10.017     Document Type: Article

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