The effect of a residual isthmus of surviving tissue on conduction after linear ablation in atrial myocardium

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 273-281

  Thomas, Stuart P ^a,b   Wallace, Elisabeth M ^a   Ross, David L ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial flutter; Atrium; Conduction; Laser; Proarrhythmia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; NEODYMIUM LASER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; ATRIAL FUNCTION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; DOGS; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM;

EID: 0034010506     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009838201448     Document Type: Article

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