Robotic and magnetic navigation for atrial fibrillation ablation. How and why?

Expert Review of Medical Devices

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 885-894

  Pappone, Carlo ^a   Augello, Giuseppe ^a   Gugliotta, Filippo ^a   Santinelli, Vincenzo ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

3D technology; Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Mapping systems

Indexed keywords

CATHETER ABLATION; CIRCUMFERENTIAL PULMONARY VEIN ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; SAFETY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETICS; PULMONARY VEINS; ROBOTICS;

EID: 37649012464     PISSN: 17434440     EISSN: 17452422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/17434440.4.6.885     Document Type: Review

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