Catheter mounted coaxially moveable ablation electrode for the creation of linear transmural endocardial lesions

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 566-573

  Morgan, John Mark ^a   Roberts, Paul Richard ^a   Allen, Stuart ^a   Gallagher, Patrick Joseph ^a   Gibson, Charles ^c   Cunningham, Andrew David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b MT Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c BARD Electrophysiology   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation catheter; Linear lesions

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM PACING; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER ELECTRODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SWINE;

EID: 0032963783     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1999.tb00714.x     Document Type: Article

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