Temperature response following nontraumatic low power radiofrequency application

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 339-343

  Schumacher, Burghard ^b   Eick, Olaf ^a   Wittkampf, Fred ^c   Von Pezold, Carolin ^c   Tebbenjohanns, Jürgen ^c   Jung, Werner ^c   Lüderitz, Berndt ^c  

^a MEDTRONIC BAKKEN RESEARCH CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Catheter ablution; Radiofrequency; Supraventricular tachycardia; Temperature; Wall contact

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEATING; HUMAN; MALE; RADIOFREQUENCY; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032977933     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1999.tb00448.x     Document Type: Article

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