A randomized-controlled trial comparing conventional with minimal catheter approaches for the mapping and ablation of regular supraventricular tachycardias

Europace

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1057-1064

  Liew, Reginald ^a,b   Baker, Victoria ^a   Richmond, Laura ^a   Rajappan, Kim ^a   Gupta, Dhiraj ^a   Finlay, Malcolm ^a   Thomas, Glyn ^a   Earley, Mark ^a   Sporton, Simon ^a   Harris, Stuart ^a   Schilling, Richard ^a  

^a BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Atrial flutter; Catheter ablation; Mapping; Supraventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART TAMPONADE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68649117122     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eup108     Document Type: Article

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