Atrial ablation with an IRK-151 infrared coagulator

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 95-100

  Kubota, Hiroshi ^a   Furuse, Akira ^a   Takeshita, Mika ^a   Kotsuka, Yutaka ^a   Takamoto, Shinichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DEVICE; DOG; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ELECTROSURGERY; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFRARED RADIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; ANIMALS; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CARBON; CATHETER ABLATION; DOGS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HALOGENS; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLES; INFRARED RAYS; LIGHT COAGULATION; MYOCARDIUM; NECROSIS; PERICARDIUM; QUARTZ; TIME FACTORS; TUNGSTEN; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 0032125712     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(98)00318-X     Document Type: Article

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