Cardiac imaging to assist complex ablation procedures

Cardiac Arrhythmias: From Basic Mechanism to State-of-the-Art Management

Volumn 9781447153160, Issue , 2014, Pages 369-386

  Restrepo, Alejandro Jimenez ^a,b   Dickfeld, Timm M ^c  

^a WELLINGTON HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b FUNDACIÓN CARDIOINFANTIL INSTITUTO DE CARDIOLOGÍA   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac imaging; Computed tomography; Electroanatomical mapping; Image fusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949175855     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4471-5316-0_29     Document Type: Chapter

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