Catheter tip orientation affects radiofrequency ablation lesion size in the canine left ventricle

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 413-420

  Chugh, Sumeet S ^a   Chan, Rodrigo C ^a   Johnson, Susan B ^a   Packer, Douglas L ^a,b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Intracardiac ultrasound; Orientation; Radiofrequency ablation; Ventricle; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; DOG; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; RADIOFREQUENCY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033063965     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1999.tb00469.x     Document Type: Article

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