Laser catheter coagulation of normal and scarred ventricular myocardium in dogs

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 109-119

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

^a Munich Harlaching Hospital   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d Central Laser Laboratory   (Germany)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Laser; Lesion; Ventricle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; DOG; DOSIMETRY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; NECROSIS; NEODYMIUM LASER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SCAR;

ANIMALS; CATHETER ABLATION; DOGS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR;

EID: 0031890931     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9101(1998)22:2<109::AID-LSM7>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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