Real-time 3-dimensional imaging of the esophagus and left atrium with a noncontact mapping system

Circulation Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 826-832

  Miyamoto, Koji ^a   Tsuchiya, Takeshi ^a   Ashikaga, Keiichi ^a   Narita, Sumito ^a   Ando, Shin Ichi ^b   Hayashida, Kiyoshi ^c   Tanioka, Yoshito ^d   Takahashi, Naohiko ^e  

^a EP Expert Doctors Team Tsuchiya   (Japan)

^b Saiseikai Futsukaichi Hospital   (Japan)

^c Saga Prefectural Hospital Koseikan   (Japan)

^d Omura Nat Hosp   (Japan)

^e OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Esophagus; Noncontact mapping system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LUNG VEIN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 65649111670     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-08-0870     Document Type: Article

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