Transcatheter subendocardial infusion: A novel technique for mapping and ablation of ventricular myocardium

Circulation

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1449-1455

  Goette, Andreas ^a   Hartung, Wolfgang ^a   Lesh, Michael ^c   Honeycutt, Clegg ^a   Fleischman, Sidney ^b   Swanson, David ^b   Langberg, Jonathan ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b EP Technologies Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

arrhythmia; catheter ablation; ventricles

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; GLYCEROL; LIDOCAINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; DOG; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0029818222     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.94.6.1449     Document Type: Article

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