Worldwide experience with the robotic navigation system in catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: Methodology, efficacy and safety

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 820-826

  Bai, Rong ^a   Di Biase, Luigi ^a   Valderrabano, Miguel ^b   Lorgat, Faizel ^c   Mlcochova, Hanka ^d   Tilz, Roland ^e   Meyerfeldt, Udo ^f   Hranitzky, Patrick M ^g   Wazni, Oussama ^h   Kanagaratnam, Prapa ⁱ   Doshi, Rahul N ^j   Gibson, Douglas ^k   Pisapia, André ^l   Mohanty, Prasant ^a   Saliba, Walid ^h   Ouyang, Feifan ^e   Kautzner, Josef ^d   Gallinghouse, G Joseph ^a   Natale, Andrea ^a  

^a TEXAS CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Christiaan Barnard Memorial Hospital   (South Africa)

^d INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

^e Kardiologische Abteilung   (Germany)

^f Schwarzwald Baar Hospital   (Germany)

^g DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^j ST JUDE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^k SCRIPPS CLINIC   (United States)

^l HÔPITAL SAINT JOSEPH   (France)

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Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; catheter ablation; remote; robotic navigation; safety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROBOTICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, HIGH-VOLUME; HUMANS; LEARNING CURVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROBOTICS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866083628     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2012.02316.x     Document Type: Article

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