Feasibility and acute efficacy of radiofrequency ablation of cavotricuspid isthmus-dependent atrial flutter guided by real-time 3D TEE

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 716-726

  Regoli, Franois ^a   Faletra, Francesco F ^a   Nucifora, Gaetano ^a   Pasotti, Elena ^a   Moccetti, Tiziano ^a   Klersy, Catherine ^b   Auricchio, Angelo ^a  

^a DIVISION OF CARDIOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

3 dimensional echocardiography; atrial flutter ablation; cavotricuspid anatomy; electrophysiologic imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CAVOTRICUSPID ISTHMUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE;

AGED; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SWITZERLAND; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 79960290485     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: 18767591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2011.03.018     Document Type: Article

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