Safety and feasibility of catheter ablation for atrioventricular nodal re-entrant tachycardia without fluoroscopic guidance

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1714-1720

  Álvarez, Miguel ^a   Tercedor, Luís ^a   Almansa, Isabel ^a   Ros, Natalia ^a   Galdeano, Ricardo S ^a   Burillo, Francisco ^a   Santiago, Pablo ^a   Peñas, Rocío ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular nodal re entrant tachycardia; Catheter ablation; Fluoroscopy; Nonfluoroscopic cardiac navigation system; Radiation exposure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR JUNCTION ARRHYTHMIA; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TACHYCARDIA;

BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY;

EID: 70549095951     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.08.037     Document Type: Article

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