Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation using remote magnetic catheter navigation: A casecontrol study

Europace

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-50

  Arya, Arash ^a   Zaker Shahrak, Ruzbeh ^a   Sommer, Phillip ^a   Bollmann, Andreas ^a   Wetzel, Ulrike ^a   Gaspar, Thomas ^a   Richter, Sergio ^a   Husser, Daniela ^a   Piorkowski, Christopher ^a   Hindricks, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Electroanatomical mapping; Remote magnetic navigation

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CATHETER; HUMAN; MAGNETISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REMOTE SENSING;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROBOTICS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650448364     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euq344     Document Type: Article

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