Intracardiac echocardiography in complex cardiac catheter ablation procedures

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 167-184

  Banchs, Javier E ^a   Patel, Parag ^a   Naccarelli, Gerald V ^a   Gonzalez, Mario D ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Intracardiac echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM;

CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART INJURY; HEART PERFORATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTRACARDIAC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; PULMONARY VEIN; REVIEW;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART DISEASES; HEART VALVES; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; PULMONARY VEINS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 78049474881     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-010-9474-8     Document Type: Review

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