Research article summary (published 30 Jul 2005):

Novel applications in catheter ablation.

Full Abstract

Catheter based treatment of arrhythmia has gained significant attention during the last two decades. Due to the explosive development in ablation treatment of atrial fibrillation, huge interest in new tools was born to help in the atrial fibrillation ablation procedures. The aim of this review is to describe the role of these novel techniques and tools aimed at improving the implementation of catheter based ablations of atrial arrhythmias by focusing on the use of intra-cardiac echocardiogram and robotic navigation.

Author information

Author/s: Thal, Sergio G (SG); Marrouche, Nassir F (NF);

Affiliation: Section of Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio 44195, USA.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Review

Journal: Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing (J Interv Card Electrophysiol), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2005-Aug; vol 13 Suppl 1 (issue ) : pp 17-21

Dates: Created 2005/08/31; Completed 2006/02/28; Revised 2007/11/15;

PMID: 16133851, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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Arrhythmias, Cardiac - physiopathology; ultrasonography Catheter Ablation - methods Echocardiography Electrophysiologic Techniques, Cardiac - methods

Electrophysiologic Techniques, Cardiac - methods Heart Septum - physiopathology; ultrasonography Humans Pulmonary Veins - physiopathology; ultrasonography

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