Pressure-frequency sensing subxiphoid access system for use in percutaneous cardiac electrophysiology: Prototype design and pilot study results

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1160-1168

  Tucker Schwartz, Jason M ^a   Gillies, George T ^b,c   Scanavacca, Mauricio ^d   Sosa, Eduardo ^d   Mahapatra, Srijoy ^b  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epicardial ablation; Epicardial access; Pericardium; Physiological measurements; Thoracic pressure

Indexed keywords

EPICARDIAL ABLATION; EPICARDIAL ACCESS; PERICARDIUM; PHYSIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS; THORACIC PRESSURE;

ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); NEUROLOGY;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; ELECTRONIC SENSOR; EPICARDIUM; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; PERICARDIUM; PILOT STUDY; PRESSURE;

ABLATION TECHNIQUES; CALIBRATION; CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; PERICARDIUM; PILOT PROJECTS; PRESSURE; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 67349128177     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2008.2009527     Document Type: Article

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