Initial experience in the use of integrated electroanatomic mapping with three-dimensional MR/CT images to guide catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 459-466

  Dong, Jun ^a,c   Dickfeld, Timm ^a,b   Dalal, Darshan ^a   Cheema, Aamir ^a   Vasamreddy, Chandrasekhar R ^a   Henrikson, Charles A ^a   Marine, Joseph E ^a   Halperin, Henry R ^a   Berger, Ronald D ^a   Lima, Joao A C ^a   Bluemke, David A ^a   Calkins, Hugh ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Imaging; Integration

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; GADOLINIUM; IOPAMIDOL;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ELECTROANATOMIC MAPPING; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CATHETER; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645975865     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2006.00425.x     Document Type: Article

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