Reduced fluoroscopy exposure during ablation of atrial fibrillation using a novel electroanatomical navigation system: A multicentre experience

Europace

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 60-65

  Stabile, Giuseppe ^a   Scaglione, Marco ^b   Del Greco, Maurizio ^c   De Ponti, Roberto ^d   Bongiorni, Maria Grazia ^e   Zoppo, Franco ^f   Soldati, Ezio ^e   Marazzi, Raffaella ^d   Marini, Massimiliano ^c   Gaita, Fiorenzo ^b   Iuliano, Assunta ^a   Bertaglia, Emanuele ^f  

^a Clinica Mediterranea   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c SANTA CHIARA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^f Ospedale di Mirano   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Radiation exposure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROANATOMICAL NAVIGATION SYSTEM; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CATHETER; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84055184358     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eur271     Document Type: Article

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