Electrophysiologic effects of selective right versus left atrial linear lesions in a canine model of chronic atrial fibrillation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1564-1574

  Roithinger, Franz X ^a,b   Steiner, Paul R ^a   Goseki, Yoshinari ^a   Sparks, Paul B ^a   Lesh, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Endocardial mapping; Radiofrequency catheter ablation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ENDOCARDIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY;

EID: 0033382269     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1999.tb00220.x     Document Type: Article

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