Transseptal puncture using minimally invasive echocardiography during atrial fibrillation ablation

Europace

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1435-1438

  Mitchell Heggs, Laurens ^a   Lellouche, Nicolas ^a   Deal, Leslie ^a   Elbaz, Nathalie ^a   Hamdaoui, Brahim ^a   Castanié, Jean Bernard ^a   Dubois Randé, Jean Luc ^a   Guéret, Pascal ^a   Lim, Pascal ^a  

^a HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation transseptal catheterization; Transoesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUNCTURES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77957726642     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euq297     Document Type: Article

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