Prospective comparison of temperature guided microwave and radiofrequency catheter ablation in the swine heart

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1364-1374

  Jumrussirikul, Pitayadet ^a   Chen, Jung Ta ^a   Jenkins, Mark ^a   Hui, Richard ^a   Taylor, Kevin ^b   Wang, Paul J ^b   Hutchins, Grover M ^a   Calkins, Hugh ^a,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Microwave energy; Radiofrequency energy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATHETER ABLATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; MICROWAVES; MYOCARDIUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWINE;

EID: 0031927799     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1998.tb00206.x     Document Type: Article

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