Early experience with robotic navigation for catheter ablation of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 32, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Kautzner, Josef ^a   Peichl, Petr ^a   Čihák, Robert ^a   Wichterle, Dan ^a   Mlčochová, Hanka ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Robotic navigation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INTRACARDIAC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; PAROXYSMAL HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOFREQUENCY; ROBOTICS;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PULMONARY VEINS; ROBOTICS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 60849086189     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2008.02277.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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