Comparison of gold versus platinum electrodes on myocardial lesion size using radiofrequency energy

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 19, Issue 4 I, 1996, Pages 398-402

  Simmons, Walter N ^a   Mackey, Sean ^a   He, Ding Sheng ^a   Marcus, Frank I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

arrhythmias; catheter ablation; gold electrodes; radiofrequency energy; thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL DEATH; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; IMPEDANCE; NONHUMAN; RADIOFREQUENCY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIA; CATHETER ABLATION; CATTLE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRODES; GOLD; MYOCARDIUM; PLATINUM; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 0029981873     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1996.tb06509.x     Document Type: Article

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