Electroanatomic mapping and radiofrequency ablation of porcine left atria and atrioventricular nodes using magnetic resonance catheter tracking

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 695-704

  Schmidt, Ehud J ^a,b   Mallozzi, Richard P ^c,e   Thiagalingam, Aravinda ^b   Holmvang, Godtfred ^b   D'Avila, Andre ^d   Guhde, Renee ^c,e   Darrow, Robert ^c,e   Slavin, Glenn S ^f   Fung, Maggie M ^f   Dando, Jeremy ^g   Foley, Lori ^b   Dumoulin, Charles L ^h   Reddy, Vivek Y ^d  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c ONI Medical Systems Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^e GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^f GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^g St Jude Medical   (United States)

^h CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Electrophysiology mapping; MRI

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANATOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATHETER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SWINE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART ATRIUM; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART PACING; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERVENTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART ATRIA; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, INTERVENTIONAL; MODELS, ANIMAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY VEINS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SWINE;

EID: 73949133677     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.109.882472     Document Type: Article

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