Simultaneous creation and evaluation of linear radiofrequency lesions

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 215-224

  Van Rensburg, Hennie ^a   Willems, Rik ^a   Holemans, Patricia ^a   Anné, Wim ^a   Ector, Hugo ^a   Heidbüchel, Hein ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Conduction block; Linear ablation; Maze; Split potential

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; ENDOCARDIUM; EVALUATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART PACING; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEART BLOCK; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP;

EID: 0036630140     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019553619013     Document Type: Article

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