Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation without the use of fluoroscopy

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1644-1653

  Reddy, Vivek Y ^a,b   Morales, Gustavo ^c   Ahmed, Humera ^a   Neuzil, Petr ^b   Dukkipati, Srinivas ^a   Kim, Steve ^d   Clemens, Janet ^d   D'Avila, Andre ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NA HOMOLCE HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d St Jude Medical Inc USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Electroanatomical mapping; Fluoroless; Fluoroscopy; ICE; Pulmonary vein; Radiation; Radiofrequency; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY SINUS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; INTRACARDIAC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS;

EID: 78049478771     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2010.07.011     Document Type: Article

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