Remote navigation for ablation of arrhythmias in patients with congenital heart disease

Progress in Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 79-83

  Suman Horduna, Irina ^a   Ernst, Sabine ^a  

^a HAREFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Congenital heart disease; Image integration; Remote navigation

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CAVO TRICUSPID ISTHMUS DEPENDENT ATRIAL FLUTTER; CAVOPULMONARY CONNECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; EBSTEIN ANOMALY; FLUOROSCOPY; FONTAN PROCEDURE; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART SUPRAVENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA; HEART SURGERY; HETEROTAXY SYNDROME; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MUSTARD OPERATION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PERSISTENT LEFT SUPERIOR VENA CAVA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; REMOTE NAVIGATION RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SCAR; SCAR RELATED TACHYCARDIA; SENNING SURGERY; TACHYCARDIA; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VASCULAR ACCESS;

EID: 84870440615     PISSN: 10589813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ppedcard.2012.08.004     Document Type: Article

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