Novel ICE-guided registration strategy for integration of electroanatomical mapping with three-dimensional CT/MR images to guide catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 374-378

  Rossillo, Antonio ^a,b   Indiani, Stefano ^a   Bonso, Aldo ^a   Themistoclakis, Sakis ^a   Corrado, Andrea ^a   Raviele, Antonio ^a  

^a Umberto I Hospital   (Italy)

^b Ospedale Umberto I   (Italy)

Author keywords

3D image integration; Atrial fibrillation; Electroanatomical mapping; Intracardiac echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INTRACARDIAC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ENDOCARDIUM; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 63049111249     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2008.01332.x     Document Type: Article

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