Popping phenomena in temperature-controlled radiofrequency ablation: When and why do they occur?

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 253-258

  Eick, Olaf J ^a   Gerritse, Bart ^a   Schumacher, Burghard ^b  

^a MEDTRONIC BAKKEN RESEARCH CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Electrode contact; Flow; Popping; Radiofrequency

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; ELECTRODE; FLUID FLOW; FORCE; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; SOUND; SWINE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0033956518     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2000.tb00807.x     Document Type: Article

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