Full-color direct visualization of the atrial septum to guide transseptal puncture

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1310-1315

  Thiagalingam, Aravinda ^a   D'Avila, Andre ^a   Foley, Lori ^a   Fox, Melodie ^a   Rothe, Chris ^b   Miller, David ^b   Malchano, Zach ^b   Ruskin, Jeremy N ^a   Reddy, Vivek Y ^a,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Voyage Medical   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrium; Catheter ablation; Electrophysiology; Valvuloplasty

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERY CATHETER; ARTICLE; CANNULATION; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; NONHUMAN; POSTHUMOUS CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL SEPTUM; COLOR; ENDOSCOPES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; PUNCTURES; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SWINE; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 56749131880     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2008.01304.x     Document Type: Article

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