Interactive real-time mapping and ablation of the pulmonary veins and cavotricuspid isthmus in an ovine model with an externally-irrigated MRI-compatible ablation catheter

✍ Scribed by Anand N Ganesan; Suchi Grover; Rajiv Mahajan; Sachin Nayyar; Dan Sunnarborg; Tom Lloyd; Prashanthan Sanders; Joseph Selvanayagam

• Book ID: 104499061
• Publisher: BioMed Central
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 109 KB
• Volume: 14
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1097-6647
• DOI: 10.1186/1532-429x-14-s1-o103

✦ Synopsis

In recent years MRI-guided interventional electrophysiology (EP) has rapidly emerged as a promising alternative to conventional X-ray guided ablation. We present a novel MRI-compatible electrophysiologic ablation and recording system, performing realistic biatrial simulated procedures.