Is it possible to create a linear lesion with no local electrograms? Comparison between a three-dimensional mapping system and conventional fluoroscopy for cavotricuspid isthmus ablation of typical atrial flutter

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 414-418

  Muto, Carmine ^a   Canciello, Michelangelo ^a   Carreras, Giovanni ^a   Ottaviano, Luca ^a,b   Ascione, Luigi ^a   Angelini, Salvatore ^a   Tuccillo, Bernardino ^a  

^a S Maria di Loreto Hospital   (Italy)

^b S Maria di Loreto Nuovo ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Atrial flutter; Radiofrequency catheter ablation; Three dimensional mapping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRICUSPID VALVE;

AGED; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34248569899     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/01.JCM.0000269714.87693.fe     Document Type: Article

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