Anatomy of the Pericardial Space and Mediastinum: Relevance to Epicardial Mapping and Ablation

Cardiac Electrophysiology Clinics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-8

  Ernst, Sabine ^a,b   Sanchez Quintana, Damian ^c   Ho, Siew Yen ^a,d  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cardiac anatomy; Catheter ablation; Epicardial space; Puncture technique; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY NERVE; ANATOMY; ASCENDING AORTA; BRAZIL; CATHETER ABLATION; CHAGAS DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY SINUS; DIAPHRAGM; ENDOCARDIUM; ENERGY; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; ESOPHAGUS; GREAT BLOOD VESSEL; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART SURGERY; HEART TAMPONADE; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEMOPERICARDIUM; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIGAMENT; LUNG; MEDIASTINUM; NERVE PLEXUS; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDITIS; PERICARDIUM; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE; REVIEW; SINUS NODE; STERNUM; STOMACH FUNDUS; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; THORACIC AORTA; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 74549173473     PISSN: 18779182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccep.2009.11.003     Document Type: Review

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