Atrial linear ablations in pigs: Chronic effects on atrial electrophysiology and pathology

Circulation

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 419-426

  Gepstein, Lior ^a   Hayam, Gal ^a   Shpun, Shlomo ^a   Cohen, David ^b   Ben Haim, Shlomo A ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b Technion Israel Inst of Technology ^*

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Atrium; Catheter ablation; Electrophysiology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SWINE;

EID: 0033609472     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.100.4.419     Document Type: Article

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