Radiofrequency catheter ablation using long coiled electrodes: Impact of irrigation on lesion dimensions and incidence of coagulum formation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 933-938

  Weiss, Christian ^a,b   Antz, Matthias ^a,b   Thuneke, Felix ^a,b   Meinertz, Thomas ^a,b   Kuck, Karl Heinz ^a,b   Willems, Stephan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Electrophysiology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; LAVAGE; NONHUMAN; SHEEP; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0034912705     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2001.00933.x     Document Type: Article

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