Changes in local wall thickness correlate with pathologic lesion size following radiofrequency catheter ablation: An intracardiac echocardiographic imaging study

Echocardiography

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 503-507

  Ren, Jian Fang ^a,b,c   Callans, David J ^a,b   Schwartzman, David ^a,b   Michele, John J ^a,b   Marchlinski, Francis E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c PENN PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Catheter ultrasound; Irrigated tip electrode; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SWINE; TRANSDUCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034795809     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8175.2001.00503.x     Document Type: Article

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