Single-site access robot-assisted epicardial mapping with a snake robot: Preparation and first clinical experience

Journal of Robotic Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 103-111

  Neuzil, Petr ^a   Cerny, Stepan ^a   Kralovec, Stepan ^a   Svanidze, Oleg ^b   Bohuslavek, Jan ^a   Plasil, Petr ^a   Jehlicka, Pavel ^a   Holy, Frantisek ^a   Petru, Jan ^a   Kuenzler, Richard ^c   Sediva, Lucie ^a  

^a NA HOMOLCE HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

^b Medical Device Consulting   (United States)

^c Medrobotics Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Electroanatomical epicardial mapping; Flexible robot; Minimally invasive surgery; Robotic assisted procedure; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; CATHETERS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MAPPING; ROBOTIC SURGERY;

CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL STUDY; ELECTROANATOMICAL EPICARDIAL MAPPING; EPICARDIAL MAPPING; FLEXIBLE ROBOTS; MINIMALLY-INVASIVE SURGERY; ROBOTIC ASSISTED PROCEDURE; SINGLE SITES; SNAKE ROBOTS; VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

ANIMALS;

EID: 84878105990     PISSN: 18632483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11701-012-0343-6     Document Type: Article

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