Retrograde coronary venous infusion of ethanol for ablation of canine ventricular myocardium

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 976-984

  Wright, Kathy N ^a,c   Morley, Tracey ^b   Bicknell, Jeanette ^a   Bishop, Sanford P ^a   Walcott, Gregory P ^a   Kay, G Neal ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham and Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center   (United States)

^b Cardima Inc   (United States)

^c DVM   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Canine; Coronary veins; Ethanol; Ventricular myocardium

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VEIN; DOG; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0031695904     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1998.tb00138.x     Document Type: Article

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