Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation Using Zero-Fluoroscopy Technique: A Randomized Trial

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 797-806

  Bulava, Alan ^a,b   Hanis, Jiri ^a   Eisenberger, Martin ^a,b  

^a Budweis Hospital   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; catheter ablation; contact force; pulmonary vein isolation; radiation; zero fluoroscopy

Indexed keywords

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICES; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84934443324     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pace.12634     Document Type: Article

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