Intracardiac echocardiography to guide transseptal catheterization for radiofrequency catheter ablation of left-sided accessory pathways: Two case report

Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 1-19

  Citro, Rodolfo ^a,d   Ducceschi, Valentino ^a   Salustri, Alessandro ^b   Santoro, Michele ^a   Salierno, Michele ^c   Gregorio, Giovanni ^a  

^a San Luca Hospital   (Italy)

^b Portuense Hospital   (Italy)

^c Boston Scientific   (Italy)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HUMAN; ULTRASOUND; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLE; INNERVATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 5444275121     PISSN: 14767120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-7120-2-1     Document Type: Article

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