Mapping guided laser catheter ablation of the atrioventricular conduction in dogs

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 176-187

  Weber, Helmut P ^a,d   Heinze, Armin ^a   Enders, S ^b   Ruprecht, Lutz ^c   Unsöld, Eberhard ^c  

^a Harlaching Hospital   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

atrioventricular conduction; catheter mapping; laser; oblation; supraventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EPITOPE MAPPING; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HIS BUNDLE; IRRADIATION; LASER; NONHUMAN; RADIOFREQUENCY; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

ANIMALS; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; BUNDLE OF HIS; CATHETER ABLATION; DOGS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEART BLOCK; LASER SURGERY; MALE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR;

EID: 0030024824     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1996.tb03309.x     Document Type: Article

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