A randomized prospective comparison of CartoMerge and CartoXP to guide circumferential pulmonary vein isolation for the treatment of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 508-512

  Tang, Kai ^a   Ma, Jian ^b   Zhang, Shu ^b   Zhang, Jing Ying ^a   Wei, Yi Dong ^a   Chen, Yan Qing ^a   Yu, Xue Jing ^a   Xu, Ya Wei ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

CartoMerge; CartoXP; Circumferential pulmonary vein isolation; Electroanatomical mapping; Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOCARDIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 41649087782     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00029330-200803020-00007     Document Type: Article

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