Catheter ablation in children and young adults: Is there an additional benefit from remote magnetic navigation?

Netherlands Heart Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 296-303

  Roudijk, R W ^a   Gujic, M ^b   Suman Horduna, I ^b   Marchese, P ^b   Ernst, S ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrhythmia; Catheter ablation; Congenital heart disease; Remote magnetic navigation; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CATHETER ABLATION; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; IMAGING; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; REMOTE MAGNETIC NAVIGATION; SCHOOL CHILD; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 84878215544     PISSN: 15685888     EISSN: 18766250     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12471-013-0408-9     Document Type: Article

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