Real-time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography for guiding interventional electrophysiology: Feasibility study

Ultrasonic Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 182-194

  Pua, Eric C ^a   Idriss, Salim F ^a,b   Wolf, Patrick D ^a   Smith, S W ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Interventional guidance; Real time 3 D ultrasound; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

CATHETERS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROLOGY; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; VISUALIZATION;

3-D ULTRASOUND; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL STUDIES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY PROCEDURE; INTERVENTIONAL; POSITION AND ORIENTATIONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL VISUALIZATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL ULTRASOUND IMAGING; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIES;

THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATHETER; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY SINUS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DOG; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEART ATRIUM; HEART FUNCTION; HEART PACING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PULMONARY VEIN; TECHNOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSDUCER; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 37349014018     PISSN: 01617346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016173460702900304     Document Type: Article

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