Image integration for atrial fibrillation ablation-pearls and pitfalls

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1216-1221

  Kistler, Peter M ^a   Schilling, Richard J ^b   Rajappan, Kim ^a   Sporton, Simon C ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D mapping; Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; BREATHING MECHANICS; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART RATE; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN DIAMETER;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FASTING; HEART RATE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PULMONARY VEINS; RESPIRATION;

EID: 34548222143     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2007.04.008     Document Type: Article

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