High-resolution mapping and histologic examination of long radiofrequency lesions in canine atria

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1467-1477

  Taylor, Gregg W ^c   Walcott, Gregory P ^c   Hall, Jeffrey A ^a   Bishop, Sanford ^b   Kay, G Neal ^c   Ideker, Raymond E ^c,d  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION   (United States)

^c Division of Cardiovascular Disease   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial mapping; Radiofrequency ablation; Transmural necrosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE NECROSIS;

EID: 0032724736     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1999.tb00206.x     Document Type: Article

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