Review Article

Intracardiac Echocardiography during Catheter-Based Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation

Figure 5

(a) A mobile thrombus (white arrow) is attached to the tip of the transseptal sheath in the LA before the advancement of a catheter and before heparin administration. (b) A circular mapping catheter can clearly be visualised in the antrum of the LSPV. Attached to the inferior part of the ring of electrodes a mobile thrombus (white arrow) can be detected (reproduction kindly permitted by the publisher [18]).
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