Ablation of atrial fibrillation utilizing robotic catheter navigation in comparison to manual navigation and ablation: Single-center experience

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1328-1335

  Di Biase, Luigi ^a,b   Wang, Yan ^a   Horton, Rodney ^a   Gallinghouse, G Joseph ^a   Mohanty, Prasant ^a   Sanchez, Javier ^a   Patel, Dimpi ^a   Dare, Matthew ^a   Canby, Robert ^a   Price, Larry D ^a   Zagrodzky, Jason D ^a   Bailey, Shane ^a   Burkhardt, J David ^a   Natale, Andrea ^a  

^a TEXAS CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Catheter navigation; Outcomes; Robotic

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CATHETER ABLATION; CATHETERIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OPERATION DURATION; OPERATOR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; ROBOTICS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TEXAS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70450216054     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2009.01570.x     Document Type: Article

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