Percutaneous transatrial access to the pericardial space for epicardial mapping and ablation

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 331-336

  Scanavacca, Mauricio I ^a   Venancio, Ana Claudia ^b   Pisani, Cristiano F ^a   Lara, Sissy ^a   Hachul, Denise ^a   Darrieux, Francisco ^a   Hardy, Carina ^a   Paola, Edna ^c   Aiello, Vera D ^d   Mahapatra, Srijoy ^e   Sosa, Eduardo ^a  

^a Arrhythmia Clinical Unit of Heart Institute   (United States)

^b Pneumology Department   (United States)

^c Department of Medicine   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial appendage; Epicardial mapping; Epicardial radiofrequency ablation; Heart catheterization; Pericardial effusion; Pericardiocentesis; Transvenous catheter ablation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATRIUM PERFORATION; AUTOPSY; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; EPICARDIAL RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART RATE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SWINE; ANIMAL; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERICARDIUM;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPICARDIAL MAPPING; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HEART CATHETERIZATION; PERICARDIUM; SWINE;

EID: 80052319937     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.110.960799     Document Type: Article

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