Three-dimensional localization versus fluoroscopically only guided ablations: A meta-analysis

Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 200-209

  Shurrab, Mohammed ^a   Laish Farkash, Avishag ^a   Lashevsky, Ilan ^a   Morriello, Florence ^a   Singh, Sheldon Michael ^a   Schilling, Richard John ^b   Wijeysundera, Harindra Channa ^a   Pinter, Arnold ^c   Newman, David ^a   Crystal, Eugene ^a  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ablation; Arrhythmia; Electrophysiology; Mapping and fluoroscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SAFETY; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CATHETER ABLATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84880396840     PISSN: 14017431     EISSN: 16512006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14017431.2013.797099     Document Type: Article

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