Low-power radiofrequency application and intracardiac echocardiography for creation of continuous left atrial linear lesions

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 680-691

  Roithinger, Franz X ^a   Steiner, Paul R ^a   Goseki, Yoshinari ^a   Liese, Karl S ^a   Scholtz, Dina B ^a   Sippensgroenewegen, Arne ^a   Ursell, Philip ^b   Lesh, Michael D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Intracardiac echocardiography; Lesion continuity; Long linear lesions; Radiofrequency catheter ablation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOG; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY;

EID: 0032963911     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1999.tb00245.x     Document Type: Article

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