Internal cardioversion of atrial fibrillation under transesophageal echocardiography guidance without fluoroscopy using single-lead catheter technique


Goktekin O., Melek M., Timuralp B., Ata N., Kudaiberdieva G., Gorenek B., ...More

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY, vol.90, no.3, pp.328-332, 2002 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 90 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2002
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/s0002-9149(02)02476-1
  • Journal Name: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.328-332
  • Bursa Uludag University Affiliated: No

Abstract

A new technique for cardioversion with a single-lead catheter was introduced by describing the utility of transesophageal echocardiography in internal cardioversion for atrial fibrillation. This technique was successful in a significant percentage of patients in whom external cardioversion had failed.