Use of a novel sharp-tip, J-shaped guidewire to facilitate transseptal catheterization

Europace

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 668-673

  De Ponti, Roberto ^a   Marazzi, Raffaella ^a   Picciolo, Giuseppe ^a   Salerno Uriarte, Jorge A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation ablation; Atrial septum; Cardiac arrhythmia ablation; Left heart catheterization; Transseptal catheterization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CATHETERIZATION; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOSSA OVALIS; GUIDE WIRE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART DISEASE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESISTANT HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; SAFETY; SCHOOL CHILD; STANDARDIZATION; TRANSSEPTAL CATHETERIZATION; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FUNCTION TEST; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL SEPTUM; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATHETER ABLATION; CHILD; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951962252     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euq060     Document Type: Article

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