Feasibility, safety, and outcome of a challenging transseptal puncture facilitated by radiofrequency energy delivery: A prospective single-centre study

Europace

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 662-667

  Capulzini, Lucio ^a   Paparella, Gaetano ^a   Sorgente, Antonio ^a   De Asmundis, Carlo ^a   Chierchia, Gian Battista ^a   Sarkozy, Andrea ^a   Muller Burri, Andreas ^a   Yazaki, Yoshinao ^a   Roos, Markus ^a   Brugada, Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Atrial septum; Radiofrequency; Transseptal puncture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEART ATRIUM; HEART FUNCTION TEST; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ATRIAL SEPTUM; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77951946582     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euq019     Document Type: Article

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