| Literature DB >> 26835041 |
Irina Suman-Horduna1, Sonya V Babu-Narayan2, Sabine Ernst2.
Abstract
Magnetic navigation has been established as an alternative to conventional, manual catheter navigation for invasive electrophysiology interventions about a decade ago. Besides the obvious advantage of radiation protection for the operator who is positioned remotely from the patient, there are additional benefits of steering the tip of a very floppy catheter. This manuscript reviews the published evidence from simple arrhythmias in patients with normal cardiac anatomy to the most complex congenital heart disease. This progress was made possible by the introduction of improved catheters and most importantly irrigated-tip electrodes.Entities:
Keywords: 3D mapping; Magnetic navigation; catheter ablation; congenital heart disease; image integration
Year: 2013 PMID: 26835041 PMCID: PMC4711536 DOI: 10.15420/aer.2013.2.1.53
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Arrhythm Electrophysiol Rev ISSN: 2050-3369