Troubleshooting difficult transseptal catheterization

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 723-727

  Sy, Raymond W ^a   Klein, George J ^a   Leong Sit, Peter ^a   Gula, Lorne J ^a   Yee, Raymond ^a   Krahn, Andrew D ^a   Skanes, Allan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; catheter ablation; intracardiac echocardiography; pulmonary vein isolation; transseptal catheterization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; GUIDE WIRE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART TAMPONADE; INTRACARDIAC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; NEEDLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART SEPTUM; HUMANS; PUNCTURES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 79959275027     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2010.01987.x     Document Type: Article

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