A Finite Element Model for Radiofrequency Ablation of the Myocardium

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 1994, Pages 963-968

  Shahidi, A Vahid ^a   Savard, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; APPLICATIONS; CATHETERS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ARRYTHMOGENIC SITE REMOVAL; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; MYOCARDIUM SURGERY; RADIO FREQUENCY CATHETER ABLATION; RADIO FREQUENCY HEAT GENERATION; RF HEAT GENERATION MODELS;

CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY;

ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER MODEL; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY TRANSFER; HEART FUNCTION; IMPEDANCE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; RADIOFREQUENCY; STEADY STATE;

EID: 0028518598     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.324528     Document Type: Article

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