Robotic ablation of atrial fibrillation with a new remote catheter system

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 215-219

  Wutzler, Alexander ^a   Wolber, Thomas ^b   Parwani, Abdul Shokor ^a   Huemer, Martin ^a   Attanasio, Philipp ^a   Blaschke, Florian ^a   Haegeli, Laurent ^b   Haverkamp, Wilhelm ^a   Duru, Firat ^b   Boldt, Leif Hendrik ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Pulmonary vein isolation; Radiation exposure; Robotic ablation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PULMONARY VEIN; ROBOTICS;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATHETER ABLATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; ROBOTICS;

EID: 84930003987     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-014-9895-x     Document Type: Article

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