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Visual Balloon-Guided Point-by-Point Ablation

Srinivas R. Dukkipati, Petr Neužil, J. Škoda, Jan Petrů, André d’Ávila, Shephal K. Doshi, Vivek Y. Reddy

Circulation Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology · 2010 · 111 citations · 17 references

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Abstract

Using a visually guided, compliant balloon ablation catheter with point-by-point ablative capability, PV isolation can be achieved in a reliable, reproducible, and persistent manner.

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