Cardiac anatomy for the interventional arrhythmologist: I. Terminology and fluoroscopic projections

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 497-507

  Farré, Jerónimo ^a   Anderson, Robert H ^b   Cabrera, José A ^c   Sánchez Quintana, Damián ^d   Rubio, José M ^a   Benezet Mazuecos, Juan ^a   Del Castillo, Silvia ^a   MacÍa, Ester ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c HOSPITAL QUIRÓN   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ablation; Anatomy; Attitudinal nomenclature; Fluoroscopy; Mapping

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; CARDIOLOGIST; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; DIGITAL IMAGING; FLUOROGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; MITRAL VALVE; NOMENCLATURE; REVIEW; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRICUSPID VALVE;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC;

EID: 77950513751     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2009.02644.x     Document Type: Review

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