Image integration-guided catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: A prospective randomized study

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 258-265

  Della Bella, Paolo ^a   Fassini, Gaetano ^a   Cireddu, Manuela ^a   Riva, Stefania ^a   Carbucicchio, Corrado ^a   Giraldi, Francesco ^a   MacCabelli, Giuseppe ^a   Trevisi, Nicola ^a   Moltrasio, Massimo ^a   Pepi, Mauro ^a   Galli, Claudia A ^a   Andreini, Daniele ^a   Ballerini, Giovanni ^a   Pontone, Gianluca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Electroanatomical mapping; Image integration; Pulmonary vein isolation

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HEPARIN; IOMEPROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; IMAGING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURVIVAL RATE; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 60849124262     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2008.01311.x     Document Type: Article

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