Computed tomography-fluoroscopy overlay evaluation during catheter ablation of left atrial arrhythmia

Europace

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 931-938

  Knecht, Sébastien ^a   Skali, Hicham ^b   O'Neill, Mark D ^a   Wright, Matthew ^a   Matsuo, Seiichiro ^a   Chaudhry, Ghulam Muqtada ^b   Haffajee, Charles I ^b   Nault, Isabelle ^a   Gijsbers, Geert H M ^c   Sacher, Frederic ^a   Laurent, Francois ^a   Montaudon, Michel ^a   Corneloup, Olivier ^a   Hocini, Mélèze ^a   Haïssaguerre, Michel ^a   Orlov, Michael V ^b   Jaïs, Pierre ^a  

^a HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b ST ELIZABETH'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Computed tomography; Fluoroscopy; Imaging; Registration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CATHETER; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; PUNCTURE; REGISTRATION; SPINE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 48749130258     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eun145     Document Type: Article

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