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Non-fluoroscopic Catheter Ablation of Idiopathic Ventricular Arrhythmias

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Ventricular arrhythmia substrates are increasingly ablated using almost always 3-D mapping systems in conjunction with fluoroscopy to safely navigate in the heart chambers; we describe a total non-fluoroscopic approach to address idiopathic ventricular substrates, combining electroanatomical mapping and, when needed, non-ionizing imaging modalities as intracardiac ultrasound.

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  1. Cardiac Electrophisiology Department, Buenos Aires Cardiovascular Institute (ICBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Santiago Rivera

  2. Cardiac Imaging Department, Buenos Aires Cardiovascular Institute (ICBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Maria de la Paz Ricapito

  3. Inherited Arrhythmia Program, Division of Cardiology—Electrophysiology, Pregnancy and Heart Disease Program—Arrhythmia Clinic, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Danna Spears

  4. Canadian Working Group on Radiation Reduction in Arrhythmia Management, University Health Network–Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Danna Spears

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  2. Huazhong University of Science and Technology Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Wuhan, China

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  3. Peking Union Medical College Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Disease, Beijing, China

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Rivera, S., de la Paz Ricapito, M., Spears, D. (2019). Non-fluoroscopic Catheter Ablation of Idiopathic Ventricular Arrhythmias. In: Proietti, R., Wang, Y., Yao, Y., Zhong, G., Lin Wu, S., Ayala-Paredes, F. (eds) Cardiac Electrophysiology Without Fluoroscopy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16992-3_12

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