Different image integration modalities to guide AF ablation: Impact on procedural and fluoroscopy times

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 422-430

  Pratola, Claudio ^a   Baldo, Elisa ^b   Artale, Paolo ^a   Marcantoni, Lina ^a   Toselli, Tiziano ^a   Percoco, Gianfranco ^b   Sassone, Biagio ^d   Ferrari, Roberto ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b Delta Hospital   (Italy)

^c IRCCS   (Italy)

^d Ospedale di Bentivoglio   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; CARTO electroanatomical mapping; Catheter ablation; Image integration; Intracardiac echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRACARDIAC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79953819804     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2010.02989.x     Document Type: Article

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