Dynamically shaped magnetic fields: Initial animal validation of a new remote electrophysiology catheter guidance and control system

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 770-777

  Gang, Eli S ^a   Nguyen, Bich Lien ^a,d   Shachar, Yehoshua ^b   Farkas, Leslie ^b   Farkas, Laszlo ^b   Marx, Bruce ^b   Johnson, David ^b   Fishbein, Michael C ^c   Gaudio, Carlo ^d   Kim, Steven J ^e  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Magnetecs Corp   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

^e St Jude Medical Inc USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Electrophysiology; Imaging; Mapping; Remote magnetic navigation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CATHETER ABLATION; DEVICES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART CATHETER; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MAGNETIC FIELD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REMOTE SENSING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SWINE; VALIDATION STUDY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; CATHETER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART ATRIUM; HEART FUNCTION TEST; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PULMONARY VEIN; ROBOTICS;

ANIMALS; CATHETER ABLATION; CATHETERS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART ATRIA; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MODELS, ANIMAL; PULMONARY VEINS; ROBOTICS; SWINE;

EID: 84555203870     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.110.959692     Document Type: Article

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