Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation supported by novel nonfluoroscopic 4D navigation technology

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1293-1300

  Rolf, Sascha ^a   John, Silke ^a   Gaspar, Thomas ^a   Dinov, Boris ^a   Kircher, Simon ^a   Huo, Yan ^a   Bollmann, Andreas ^a   Richter, Sergio ^a   Arya, Arash ^a   Hindricks, Gerhard ^a   Piorkowski, Christopher ^a   Sommer, Philipp ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation mapping; Catheter ablation; Image integration; Nonfluoroscopic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY SINUS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FOUR DIMENSIONAL NAVIGATION SYSTEM; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VOLTAGE MAPPING;

3-DIMENSIONAL; 3D; 4-DIMENSIONAL; 4D; AF; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CT; EAMS; ELECTROANATOMICAL MAPPING SYSTEM; IMAGE INTEGRATION; LA; LEFT ATRIAL/ATRIUM; MAPPING; MEDIGUIDE TECHNOLOGY; MGT; NONFLUOROSCOPIC; PULMONARY VEIN; PV; RADIOFREQUENCY; RF;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84883222772     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2013.05.008     Document Type: Article

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