Electrophysiological correlates of transmural linear ablation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 40-46

  Liem, L Bing ^b   Pomeranz, Mark ^a   Riseling, Kim ^a   Anderson, Steve ^a   Berry, Gerald J ^c  

^a Cardiac Pathways Corp   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial flutter; Radiofrequency; Saline irrigation

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTRODE; ENERGY; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART INJURY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; MALE; NONHUMAN; SHEEP; TISSUE NECROSIS; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 0002755630     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2000.tb00648.x     Document Type: Article

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