Integration of intracardiac echocardiography with magnetic resonance imaging allows visualization of the esophagus during catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1088-

  Aleong, Ryan ^a   Heist, E Kevin ^a   Ruskin, Jeremy N ^a   Mansour, Moussa ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

AGED; ANXIETY; AORTA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; SAFETY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 46349105234     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2008.02.032     Document Type: Article

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