Nonfluoroscopic catheter ablation of cardiac arrhythmias in adults: Feasibility, safety, and efficacy

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1078-1086

  Razminia, Mansour ^a   Manankil, Marian F ^a   Eryazici, Paula L S ^a   Arrieta Garcia, Carlos ^a   Wang, Theodore ^a   D'Silva, Oliver J ^a   Lopez, Christian S ^a   Crystal, George J ^a   Khan, Saba ^a   Stancu, Mihaela M ^a   Turner, Marianne ^a   Anthony, Joseph ^a   Zheutlin, Terry A ^a   Kehoe, Richard F ^a  

^a ADVOCATE ILLINOIS MASONIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; atrial flutter; catheter ablation; electroanatomic mapping; nonfluoroscopic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROGRAPHY; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; GROIN HEMATOMA; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84867746054     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2012.02344.x     Document Type: Article

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