Radiofrequency catheter ablation of atrial tachycardia under navigation using the EnSite array

Circulation Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 59-65

  Narita, Sumito ^a   Miyamoto, Koji ^a   Tsuchiya, Takeshi ^a   Nagamoto, Yasutsugu ^a   Yamaguchi, Takanori ^a  

^a EP Expert Doctors Team Tsuchiya   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial tachycardia; Catheter ablation; EnSite array

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MULTIELECTRODE ARRAY; OPEN HEART SURGERY; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, ECTOPIC ATRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 75149130968     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-09-0527     Document Type: Article

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