Nature

Fluoroscopy-Free Catheter Ablation Techniques in Cardiac Electrophysiology

Conventional catheter ablation relies on X-ray fluoroscopy to visualise intracardiac catheters, exposing patients and staff to ionising radiation. In recent years, integration of three-dimensional ...

Imaging gently: UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Heart Institute expands cardiac imaging capabilities for patient care and research

The cardiac MRI, part of a new catheterization suite at UPMC Children’s Heart Institute, expands treatments and research ...
Nature

Initial experience with zero-fluoroscopy pulmonary vein isolation in patients with atrial fibrillation: single-center observational trial

Pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) stands as a widely practiced cardiac ablation procedure on a global scale, conventionally guided by fluoroscopy. The concurrent application of electroanatomical mapping ...
ksby

French Hospital adds new state-of-the-art heart catheterization techology

Dignity Health French Hospital Medical Center opened its new state-of-the-art heart catheterization lab and performed its first procedure this week, officials with the hospital announced, making it ...