Pulmonary vein isolation by high-intensity focused ultrasound: First-in-man study with a steerable balloon catheter

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 575-584

  Schmidt, Boris ^a   Antz, Matthias ^a   Ernst, Sabine ^a   Ouyang, Feifan ^a   Falk, Peter ^a   Chun, Julian K R ^a   Kuck, Karl Heinz ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; HIFU; Pulmonary veins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART PACING; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MALE; NERVE PARALYSIS; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; TELEPHONE;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BALLOON DILATATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHRENIC NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PULMONARY VEINS; RESEARCH DESIGN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 34247364622     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2007.01.017     Document Type: Article

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