Imaging in percutaneous ablation for atrial fibrillation

European Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2491-2504

  Maksimović, Ruśica ^a,c   Dill, Thorsten ^b   Ristić, Arsen D ^c   Seferović, Petar M ^c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b KERCKHOFF HEART CENTER   (Germany)

^c University Medical Center   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Imaging

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CRYOSURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG EFFICACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMBOLISM; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; IN-STENT RESTENOSIS; LASER SURGERY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NEPHROTOXICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SECONDARY PREVENTION; STENT; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL RISK; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 33749035345     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-006-0235-0     Document Type: Article

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