Heart Rhythm
Volume 6, Issue 6 , Pages 733-741 , June 2009

Intraprocedural reconstruction of the left atrium and pulmonary veins as a single navigation tool for ablation of atrial fibrillation: A feasibility, efficacy, and safety study

  • Charalampos Kriatselis, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine/Cardiology, Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Charalampos Kriatselis, Department of Internal Medicine/Cardiology, Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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  • Min Tang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China
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  • Sotirios Nedios, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine/Cardiology, Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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  • Mattias Roser, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine/Cardiology, Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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  • Hong Gerds-Li, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine/Cardiology, Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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  • Eckart Fleck, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine/Cardiology, Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Received 11 January 2009 ,Accepted 20 February 2009.

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 Dr. Kriatselis has received speaker honoraria from Philips, The Netherlands. Dr. M. Tang received a grant from the Kaiserin-Friedrich-Stiftung.

PII: S1547-5271(09)00218-5

doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.02.037

Heart Rhythm
Volume 6, Issue 6 , Pages 733-741 , June 2009

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