Robotic versus conventional ablation for common-type atrial flutter: A prospective randomized trial to evaluate the effectiveness of remote catheter navigation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1556-1560

  Steven, Daniel ^a   Rostock, Thomas ^a   Servatius, Helge ^a   Hoffmann, Boris ^a   Drewitz, Imke ^a   Müllerleile, Kai ^a   Meinertz, Thomas ^a   Willems, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART CATHETER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROBOTIC NAVIGATION SYSTEM; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY;

AGED; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CATHETER ABLATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROBOTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 57149140258     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2008.08.028     Document Type: Article

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