Pre-ablation magnetic resonance imaging of the cavotricuspid isthmus

Europace

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 149-153

  Lim, Kang Teng ^a   Murray, Connor ^a   Liu, Hao ^a,b   Weerasooriya, Rukshen ^a,b  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atrial flutter; Catheter ablation; Imaging

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY SINUS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPERATION DURATION; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 33947178986     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eul187     Document Type: Article

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