Ablation of atrial fibrillation using an irrigated-tip catheter: Open or closed?

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 503-505

  Latchamsetty, Rakesh ^a   Oral, Hakan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CATHETER; CATHETER ABLATION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLOSED IRRIGATED TIP CATHETER; CORONARY SINUS; DIURESIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROGRAPHY; ENERGY YIELD; FLOW RATE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; PATIENT SAFETY; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOFREQUENCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENT DISEASE; RETREATMENT; REVIEW; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; TEMPERATURE; THROMBUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; THERAPEUTIC IRRIGATION;

EID: 84860839777     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2012.03333.x     Document Type: Review

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