Visualization of multiple catheters with electroanatomical mapping reduces X-ray exposure during atrial fibrillation ablation

Europace

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 955-962

  Scaglione, Marco ^a,b   Biasco, Luigi ^a,b   Caponi, Domenico ^a,b   Anselmino, Matteo ^a,b   Negro, Andrea ^a,b   Di Donna, Paolo ^a,b   Corleto, Antonella ^a,b   Montefusco, Antonio ^a,b   Gaita, Fiorenzo ^a,b  

^a CARDINAL MASSAIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Fluoroscopy; Mapping; Radiation risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INJURY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TRANSOBTURATOR TAPE; X RAY;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CATHETERS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION INJURIES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; X-RAYS;

EID: 79959718309     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eur062     Document Type: Article

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