In vitro temperature map of cardiac ablation demonstrates the effect of flow on lesion development

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1066-1074

  Jain, Mudit K ^a,b   Wolf, Patrick D ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD; CATHETERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEMODYNAMICS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE;

ARRHYTHMIA; CATHETER ABLATION; TACHYCARDIA;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CATHETER ABLATION; CATTLE; FLOW KINETICS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIA; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CATHETER ABLATION; CATTLE; HUMANS; RADIO WAVES; RHEOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0034352211     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1114/1.1310218     Document Type: Article

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