Peripheral vascular access for catheter ablation of supraventricular tachycardia using remote magnetic navigation

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  Figure 1. A: Depiction of blocked femoral vessels of patient 2 by direct contrast injection. B: Peripheral vascular accesses of the right arm in patient 2 with both venous and arterial 8F sheaths inserted.

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  Figure 2. Arrhythmia substrates for both patients. Left: The contrast injection in the right basilic vein. Middle: The 3D reconstruction from cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR). Right: A schematic of the paths of the reference (from the left arm, green) and the magnetic ablation catheter (from the right arm, yellow) which was identical for both patients (courtesy of Prof. Ho, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK).

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  Figure 3. Photographs of the peripheral vascular access sites of patient 1 (left, venous only, day 1) and patient 2 (right, both venous and arterial, day 10) postprocedurally.