Radiofrequency catheter ablation with the split-tip electrode in the temperature-controlled mode

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1765-1773

  Antz, Matthias ^a   Otomo, Kenichiro ^b   Nakagawa, Hiroshi ^b   Yamanashi, William S ^b   Jackman, Warren M ^b   Kuck, Karl heinz ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Catheters; Mapping; Split tip electrode

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; DEVICE; DOG; ELECTRODE; IMPEDANCE; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; NONHUMAN; RADIOFREQUENCY; TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THIGH;

ANIMALS; CATHETER ABLATION; DOGS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0035691210     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2001.01765.x     Document Type: Article

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