TY - JOUR
AU1 - Ernst, Sabine
AB - Sabine Ernst Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospital, National Heart Purpose of review and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK The aim of this review is to introduce two novel techniques for catheter ablation of Correspondence to Dr Sabine Ernst, Honorary Senior various arrhythmias in a remote-controlled fashion. Lecturer, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial Recent findings College, Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospital, Sydney Street, SW3 6NP, London, UK The electromechanical system Sensei consists of two steerable sheaths that navigate Tel: +44 20 7352 8121; fax: +44 20 7351 8629; conventional catheters via a ‘master-slave’ input device. The magnetic navigation e-mail: sernst1708@aol.com system Niobe consists of two outer permanent magnets that cause a uniform magnetic field in which a specialized magnetically equipped catheter has to align in parallel. Both Current Opinion in Cardiology 2008, 23:28 – 31 systems can interact with three-dimensional mapping systems and several reports on the clinical effectiveness of the systems have been published, which will be critically discussed in this review. Summary These two novel technologies offer the fascinating option of performing catheter ablation in a remote-controlled fashion. Future studies and head-to-head comparisons with conventional ablation techniques will prove the impact of remote navigation, which hopefully 
TI - Robotic approach to catheter ablation
JF - Current Opinion in Cardiology
DO - 10.1097/HCO.0b013e3282f2c95c
DA - 2008-01-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wolters-kluwer-health/robotic-approach-to-catheter-ablation-3SEgGLmHIE
SP - 28–31-28&ndash
EP - ndash;31-28–31
VL - 23
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -