Bio-battery Signal Predicts Myocardial Lesion Formation and Depth in Vitro

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 69-77

  He, Ding Sheng ^a   Sharma, Param ^a   Wang, Xunzhang ^b   Bosnos, Mike ^a   Marcus, Frank I ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmias; Biobattery; Catheter ablation; Radiofrequency energy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE; IMPEDANCE; IN VITRO STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; PATHOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIA; CATHETER ABLATION; CATTLE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; HEART VENTRICLES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0033087477     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009883825242     Document Type: Article

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