Right atrial angiography facilitates transseptal puncture for complex ablation in patients with unusual anatomy

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 29-34

  Rogers, Dominic P S ^a   Lambiase, Pier D ^a   Dhinoja, Mehul ^a   Lowe, Martin D ^a   Chow, Anthony W C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complex ablation; Right atrial angiography; Transseptal puncture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE; TRANSSEPTAL PUNCTURE;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART SEPTUM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUNCTURES; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33847141847     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-006-9058-9     Document Type: Article

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