Tissue Heating During Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation: A Thermodynamic Model and Observations in Isolated Perfused and Superfused Canine Right Ventricular Free Wall

Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1989, Pages 962-976

  HAINES, DAVID E ^a   WATSON, DENNY D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

arrhythmias; catheter ablation; heating; radiofrequency energy; thermodynamic model

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; CATHETER ABLATION; DOG; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; NONHUMAN; RADIOFREQUENCY; TISSUE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0024364286     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1989.tb05034.x     Document Type: Article

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