Implementation of novel imaging strategies in complex ablation procedures: Will "Real-Time Histology" be destiny?

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1088-1090

  Roithinger, Franz X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMBOLISM; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RUPTURE; HEART TAMPONADE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

ANIMALS; CATHETER ABLATION; DOGS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLES; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 4644228178     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2004.04436.x     Document Type: Note

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