Thoracoscopic epicardial radiofrequency ablation for vagal atrial fibrillation in dogs

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 22, Issue 6 I, 1999, Pages 880-886

  Chevalier, Philippe ^c   Obadia, Jean françois ^c   Timour, Quadiri ^a   Bui Xuan, Bernard ^a   Fatemi, Marjareh ^c   Kirkorian, Gilbert ^c   Tabib, A ^b   Loire, R ^b   Touboul, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b LOUIS PRADEL HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Hôpital Cardiologique ^*

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EPICARDIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; THORACOSCOPY; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; VIDEORECORDING; ANIMAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART PACING; INNERVATION; INSTRUMENTATION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERICARDIUM; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; THORACOSCOPE; VAGUS NERVE;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; DOGS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPES; HEART ATRIA; PERICARDIUM; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; THORACOSCOPES; VAGUS NERVE; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0033046257     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1999.tb06811.x     Document Type: Article

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