Impact of Remote Magnetic Catheter Navigation on Ablation Fluoroscopy and Procedure Time

Background: Remote magnetic catheter navigation (RCN) is gaining acceptance in clinical cardiac electrophysiology, but details regarding how RCN affects procedure execution are not well characterized.

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