Combined MR-Xray Suites: An essential pre-requisite for MR-EP?
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Over the last two decades, advances in the understanding of arrhythmia mechanism and catheter design have resulted in a high degree of success for the cure of regular narrow complex tachycardias. Extension of the principles and techniques of conventional electrophysiology (EP) to more complex arrhythmias such as atrial fibrillation (AF), atypical left atrial flutters and scar-related ventricular tachycardia have led to significant advances in the management of these problems, but with more modest clinical success. This is largely related to the technical difficulties of catheter navigation and manipulation within the heart using x-ray fluoroscopy alone, together with the electrophysiological complexity of both the arrhythmia and its anatomical substrate.
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