Prospective randomized comparison of a steerable versus a non-steerable sheath for typical atrial flutter ablation

Europace

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 402-409

  Matsuo, Seiichiro ^a   Yamane, Teiichi ^a   Tokuda, Michifumi ^a   Date, Taro ^a   Hioki, Mika ^a   Narui, Ryohsuke ^a   Ito, Keiichi ^a   Yamashita, Seigo ^a   Hama, Yoshiyuki ^a   Nakane, Tokiko ^a   Inada, Keiichi ^a   Shibayama, Kenri ^a   Miyanaga, Satoru ^a   Yoshida, Hiroshi ^a   Miyazaki, Hidekazu ^a   Abe, Kunihiko ^a   Sugimoto, Ken Ichi ^a   Taniguchi, Ikuo ^a   Yoshimura, Michihiro ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Linear ablation; Steerable sheath; Typical atrial flutter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ENERGY TRANSFER; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 77749320189     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eup434     Document Type: Article

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