Cavotricuspid isthmus catheter ablation without the use of fluoroscopy as a first-line treatment

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 656-662

  Álvarez, Miguel ^a   Tercedor, Luís ^a   Herrera, Norberto ^a   Muñoz, Luz ^a   Galdeano, Ricardo S ^a   Valverde, Francisca ^a   Peñas, Rocío ^a   Melgares, Rafael ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

Author keywords

atrial flutter; catheter ablation; fluoroscopy; navigation system; nonfluoroscopic cardiac; radiation exposure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CATHETER ABLATION; CAVOTRICUSPID ISTHMUS CATHETER ABLATION; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SECOND DEGREE ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; SINUS NODE DYSFUNCTION;

ATRIAL FLUTTER; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79959214946     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2010.01962.x     Document Type: Article

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