Contact force-controlled zero-fluoroscopy catheter ablation of right-sided and left atrial arrhythmia substrates

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 709-714

  Kerst, Gunter ^a   Weig, Hans Jörg ^a   Weretka, Slawomir ^a   Seizer, Peter ^a   Hofbeck, Michael ^a   Gawaz, Meinrad ^a   Schreieck, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Contact force; Nonfluoroscopic catheter ablation; Radiation risk; Supraventricular tachycardia; Ventricular dysrhythmia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT FORCE CONTROLLED ZERO FLUOROSCOPY CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; CORONARY SINUS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SECOND DEGREE ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; CHILD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859940083     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2011.12.025     Document Type: Article

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