Thoracoscopic radiofrequency ablation of the myocardium

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 553-558

  Watanabe, Go ^a   Misaki, Takuro ^a   Nakajima, Kuniki ^a   Ueda, Tetsuyuki ^a   Yamashita, Akio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ablation; Radiofrequency; Thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; DOG; ELECTRODE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; NONHUMAN; RADIOFREQUENCY; THORACOSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CATHETER ABLATION; DOGS; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; MYOCARDIUM; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; THORACOSCOPY; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0031978442     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1998.tb00098.x     Document Type: Article

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