A mathematical model for irrigated epicardial radiofrequency ablation

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 884-893

  Gopalakrishnan, Jayadeep ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Arrhythmia; Epicardial; Finite element; Invasive; Irrigated electrode; Irrigation; Joule heating; Numerical model; Radiofrequency; Saline; Thin film

Indexed keywords

CATHETERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEMODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MUSCLE; TISSUE;

ARRHYTHMIA; EPICARDIAL RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; INVASIVE; IRRIGATED ELECTRODE; JOULE HEATING;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ELECTRODE; EVALUATION; HEART; HEAT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LAVAGE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERICARDIUM; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; HEART; HEAT; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; IRRIGATION; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PERICARDIUM; RADIO WAVES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 0036629465     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1114/1.1507845     Document Type: Article

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