Remote robotic navigation and electroanatomical mapping for ablation of atrial fibrillation: Considerations for navigation and impact on procedural outcome

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 120-128

  Schmidt, Boris ^a   Tilz, Roland R ^a   Neven, Kars ^a   Chun, K R Julian ^a   Fürnkranz, Alexander ^a   Ouyang, Feifan ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ablation; Fibrillation; Mapping; Pulmonary vein isolation; Remote robotic navigation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REMOTE SENSING; ROBOTICS; SINUS RHYTHM;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENERAL SURGERY; HEART SEPTUM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PULMONARY VEINS; RADIATION DOSAGE; ROBOTICS;

EID: 70349446735     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.108.818211     Document Type: Article

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