Acute electrophysiologic effects and antifibrillatory actions of the long linear lesions in the right atrium in a sheep model

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 529-536

  Ndrepepa, Gjin ^a   Schneider, Michael A E ^a   Vallaint, Andre ^a   Zrenner, Bernhard ^a   Karch, Martin R ^a   Schreieck, Jürgen ^a   Henke, Julia ^a   Schömig, Albert ^a   Schmitt, Claus ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Linear lesion; Radio frequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEART CATHETER; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART INJURY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; MALE; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0033710746     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009820900611     Document Type: Article

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