Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Using a Robotic Catheter Remote Control System. Initial Human Experience and Long-Term Follow-Up Results

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 51, Issue 25, 2008, Pages 2407-2411

  Saliba, Walid ^a   Reddy, Vivek Y ^b   Wazni, Oussama ^a   Cummings, Jennifer E ^a   Burkhardt, J David ^a   Haissaguerre, Michel ^c   Kautzner, Josef ^d   Peichl, Petr ^d   Neuzil, Petr ^g   Schibgilla, Volker ^e   Noelker, Georg ^e   Brachmann, Johannes ^e   Di Biase, Luigi ^a,f   Barrett, Conor ^a   Jais, Pierre ^c   Natale, Andrea ^h,i,j  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

^e KLINIKUM COBURG   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^g NA HOMOLCE HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

^h TEXAS CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART CATHETER; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; ROBOTICS; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRICUSPID VALVE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CATHETER ABLATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VEINS; ROBOTICS; TIME FACTORS; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 44949220178     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.03.027     Document Type: Article

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