Extracardiac ablation of the canine atrioventricular junction by use of high-intensity focused ultrasound

Circulation

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 203-208

  Strickberger, S Adam ^a,b   Tokano, Takashi ^a   Kluiwstra, Jan Ulco A ^a   Morady, Fred ^a   Cain, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Arrhythmias; Atrioventricular node

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; DOG; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOTOMY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

EID: 0033551461     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.100.2.203     Document Type: Article

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