Intracardiac echocardiography during catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation
Population
Patients with symptomatic atrial fibrillation undergoing catheter-based radiofrequency ablation with…
Design
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Discussion
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Implication
May support ICE guidance in left heart ablations; leaves open need for randomized confirmation of complication reduction.
Structured PICO
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Population
Patients with symptomatic atrial fibrillation undergoing catheter-based radiofrequency ablation with pulmonary vein isolation
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Intervention
Real-time intracardiac echocardiography with two-dimensional and Doppler colour flow imaging
Intracardiac echocardiography facilitates left heart ablation procedures by guiding catheterization, assisting catheter placement, and potentially reducing procedural complications.
Cite This Study
Saliba et al. (2008) studied this question.