Effects of intracardiac radiofrequency current application on coronary artery vessels in young pigs

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 565-571

  Bökenkamp, Regina ^a   Wibbelt, Gudrun ^a   Sturm, Matthias ^a   Windhagen Mahnert, Britta ^a   Bertram, Harald ^a   Hausdorf, Gerd ^a   Paul, Thomas ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Children; Coronary artery; Intravascular ultrasound; Radiofrequency catheter ablation

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SWINE; THERMISTOR; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 0034030523     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2000.tb00010.x     Document Type: Article

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