Endo-epicardial ablation of ventricular arrhythmias in the left ventricle with the Remote Magnetic Navigation System and the 3.5-mm open irrigated magnetic catheter: Results from a large single-center case-control series

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1029-1035

  Di Biase, Luigi ^a,b,c   Santangeli, Pasquale ^a,d   Astudillo, Vladimir ^a   Conti, Sergio ^a   Mohanty, Prasant ^a   Mohanty, Sanghamitra ^a   Sanchez, Javier E ^a   Horton, Rodney ^a,b   Thomas, Barbara ^a   Burkhardt, J David ^a   Natale, Andrea ^a,b  

^a TEXAS CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^d CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Left ventricle; Magnetic robotic navigation; Pericardial space; Radiofrequency; Ventricular arrhythmias

Indexed keywords

ISOPRENALINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; EMBOLISM; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC OPEN IRRIGATED TIP CATHETER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMOTE MAGNETIC NAVIGATION; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; EPICARDIAL MAPPING; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956861454     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2010.04.036     Document Type: Article

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