Accuracy of integration of multislice computed tomography imaging into three-dimensional electroanatomic mapping for real-time guided radiofrequency ablation of left atrial fibrillation - Influence of heart rhythm and radiofrequency lesions

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 85-92

  Martinek, Martin ^a   Nesser, Hans Joachim ^a   Aichinger, Josef ^a   Boehm, Gernot ^a   Purerfellner, Helmut ^a  

^a Academic Teaching Hospital   (Austria)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; CartoMerge; Computed tomography; Image integration; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROANATOMIC MAPPING; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33947198922     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-006-9067-8     Document Type: Article

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