Prospective randomized comparison between the conventional electroanatomical system and three-dimensional rotational angiography during catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 459-465

  Knecht, Sébastien ^a,d   Wright, Matthew ^a,b   Akrivakis, Spyridon ^c   Nault, Isabelle ^a   Matsuo, Seiichiro ^a   Chaudhry, G Muqtada ^c   Haffajee, Charles ^c   Sacher, Frédéric ^a   Lellouche, Nicolas ^a   Miyazaki, Shinsuke ^a   Forclaz, Andrei ^a   Jadidi, Amir S ^a   Hocini, Mélèze ^a   Ritter, Phillipe ^a   Clementy, Jacques ^a   Haïssaguerre, Michel ^a   Orlov, Michael ^c   Jaïs, Pierre ^a  

^a HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ST ELIZABETH'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BRUGMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

3D electroanatomical systems; Atrial fibrillation; Atriography; Catheter ablation; Imaging; Rotational angiography

Indexed keywords

3 DIMENSIONAL ROTATIONAL ATRIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROANATOMICAL MAPPING; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENCE RISK; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT DURATION;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77949657771     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.12.020     Document Type: Article

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