In vitro performance characteristics of reused ablation catheters

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 53-59

  Ayzman, Igor ^a   Dibs, Samer R ^a   Goldberger, Jeffrey ^a   Passman, Rod ^a   Kadish, Alan ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Feinberg Pavillon ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Equipment reuse

Indexed keywords

DISINFECTANT AGENT;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; DISINFECTION; HEART CATHETER; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEAT TRANSFER; MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; SCREENING; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPERATURE SENSE;

CATHETER ABLATION; COST CONTROL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; EQUIPMENT REUSE; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; PLIABILITY; STERILIZATION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0036704429     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020820200112     Document Type: Article

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