Laser ablation of the pulmonary veins by using a fiberoptic balloon catheter: Implications for treatment of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 197-203

  Fried, Nathaniel M ^a,b   Tsitlik, Arkadiy ^c   Rent, Kenneth C ^c   Berger, Ronald D ^c   Lardo, Albert C ^a,c   Calkins, Hugh ^c   Halperin, Henry R ^a,c  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Laser; Pulmonary veins

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FIBER OPTICS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; LASER SURGERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FIBER OPTICS; LASERS; NEODYMIUM; PULMONARY VEINS; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TACHYCARDIA, PAROXYSMAL;

EID: 0035073660     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.1038     Document Type: Article

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