Acute effects of radiofrequency ablation of atrial arrhythmias on implanted permanent pacing systems

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1287-1295

  Ellenbogen, Kenneth A ^a,b   Wood, Mark A ^a   Stambler, Bruce S ^a  

^a HUNTER HOLMES MCGUIRE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

electromagnetic interference; permanent pacemaker; radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROSURGERY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PULSE GENERATOR; RADIOFREQUENCY; REFRACTORY PERIOD; TELEMETRY;

EID: 0029816882     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1996.tb04206.x     Document Type: Article

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