Remote-controlled magnetic pulmonary vein isolation using a new irrigated-tip catheter in patients with atrial fibrillation

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 458-464

  Chun, K R Julian ^a   Wissner, Erik ^a   Koektuerk, Buelent ^a   Konstantinidou, Melanie ^a   Schmidt, Boris ^a   Zerm, Thomas ^a   Metzner, Andreas ^a   Tilz, Roland ^a   Boczor, Sigrid ^a   Fuernkranz, Alexander ^a   Ouyang, Feifan ^a   Kuck, Karl Heinz ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Magnetic navigation; Pulmonary vein isolation

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVICE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; RECORDING; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMOTE CONTROLLED MAGNETIC PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; SAFETY; SINUS RHYTHM; SPIRAL CATHETER RECORDING; THERAPY EFFECT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; INNERVATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LAVAGE; MAGNETISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PULMONARY VEIN; TELEMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; IRRIGATION; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; TELEMETRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78049504921     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.110.942672     Document Type: Article

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