The change in the fluoroscopy-guided transseptal puncture site and difficult punctures in catheter ablation of recurrent atrial fibrillation

Europace

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 276-279

  Hu, Yu Feng ^a   Tai, Ching Tai ^a,b   Lin, Yenn Jiang ^a,b   Chang, Shih Lin ^a,b   Lo, Li Wei ^a,b   Wongcharoen, Wanwarang ^a,b   Udyavar, Ameya R ^a   Tuan, Ta Chuan ^a,b   Chen, Shih Ann ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial remodelling; Repeated ablation; Transseptal puncture site

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY SINUS; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; NEEDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TRANSSEPTAL PUNCTURE;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL SEPTUM; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 44649157124     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eun013     Document Type: Article

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