Right-side RF ablation using remote catheter navigation: Experimental results in vivo

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 81-87

  Thakur, Yogesh ^a,b   Jones, Douglas L ^b,c,d   Skanes, Allan ^d   Yee, Raymond ^d   Drangova, Maria ^a,b,e  

^a Graduate Program in Biomedical Engineering   (Canada)

^b ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c Canadian Surgical Technologies and Advanced Robotics   (Canada)

^d WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

arrhythmia; catheter ablation; porcine model; remote navigation; X ray fluoroscopy

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FLUOROSCOPY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SAFETY; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIA; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; ROBOTICS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SWINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84856001185     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2011.02142.x     Document Type: Article

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