Intracardiac echocardiographic evaluation of ventricular mural swelling from radiofrequency ablation in chronic myocardial infarction: Irrigated-tip versus standard catheter

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 27-32

  Ren, Jian Fang ^a   Callans, David J ^a   Michele, John J ^a   Dillon, Stephen M ^a   Marchlinski, Francis E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Irrigated tip electrode; Myocardial infarction; Radiofrequency ablation; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; HEART INFARCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SWINE; THROMBOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CATHETER ABLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRODES; HEART VENTRICLES; IRRIGATION; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0035038753     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009849622858     Document Type: Article

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