Interventional cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in electrophysiology: Advances toward clinical translation

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 203-211

  Bhagirath, Pranav ^a   Van Der Graaf, Maurits ^a   Karim, Rashed ^b   Rhode, Kawal ^b   Piorkowski, Christopher ^c   Razavi, Reza ^b   Schwitter, Juerg ^d   Götte, Marco ^a  

^a HAGA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

cardiac electrophysiology; interventional magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ARTICLE; CARDIAC MAPPING SYSTEM; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DEFIBRILLATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART CATHETER; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART INJURY; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERVENTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEEDLE; NONHUMAN; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEDATION; TELEMETRY; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT PLANNING; VASCULAR GUIDE WIRE; WORKFLOW; ACTION POTENTIAL; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; CARDIAC CATHETERS; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, INTERVENTIONAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84923925716     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.114.002371     Document Type: Article

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