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Intracardiac echocardiography from the left heart chambers to guide electrophysiology procedures

Andres Enriquez1, Raphael Rosso2, Mansour Razminia3

  • 1Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Heart Rhythm
|May 15, 2026
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Keywords:
Atrial fibrillationCatheter ablationIntracardiac echocardiographyLeft atrial appendage occlusionVentricular tachycardia

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