Improved electrogram attenuation during ablation of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation with the Hansen robotic system

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 730-738

  Duncan, Edward R ^a   Finlay, Malcolm ^a   Page, Stephen P ^a   Hunter, Ross ^a   Goromonzi, Farai ^a   Richmond, Laura ^a   Baker, Victoria ^a   Ginks, Matthew ^a   Ezzat, Vivienne ^a   Dhinoja, Mehul ^a   Earley, Mark J ^a   Sporton, Simon ^a   Schilling, Richard J ^a  

^a BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Robotic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROBOTICS;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROBOTICS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84861972389     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2012.03381.x     Document Type: Article

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