A Computer Simulation of Radio-Frequency Ablation of the Endocardium

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 1994, Pages 883-890

  Labonté, Sylvain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ELECTRODE; ENDOCARDIUM; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL INJURY;

ALGORITHMS; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRODES; ENDOCARDIUM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0027933503     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.312096     Document Type: Article

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