Comparison of noncontact and electroanatomic mapping to identify scar and arrhythmia late after the fontan procedure

Circulation

Volumn 115, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 1738-1746

  Abrams, Dominic J ^a   Earley, Mark J ^a   Sporton, Simon C ^a   Kistler, Peter M ^a   Gatzoulis, Michael A ^b   Mullen, Michael J ^b   Till, Janice A ^b   Cullen, Seamus ^c   Walker, Fiona ^c   Lowe, Martin D ^c   Deanfield, John E ^c   Schilling, Richard J ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ablation; Arrhythmia; Electrophysiology; Fontan procedure; Mapping

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROANATOMIC MAPPING; ELECTRODE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIUM; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR; SURFACE PROPERTY; ADOLESCENT; AGING; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DRUG RESISTANCE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LUNG CIRCULATION; METHODOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; PULMONARY VEIN; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; TACHYCARDIA; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; AMIODARONE; ARRHYTHMIA; ATRIAL FUNCTION, RIGHT; CATHETER ABLATION; CICATRIX; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DRUG RESISTANCE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART ATRIA; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; ORGAN SIZE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESSURE; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; PULMONARY VEINS; TACHYCARDIA; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 34247212779     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.633982     Document Type: Article

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