Application of right atrial contiguous linear lesions: An in vivo efficacy validation of multipolar ablation catheters in an animal model

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1459-1466

  Schneider, Michael A E ^a   Ndrepepa, Gjin ^b   Vallant, Andre ^b   Gayk, Ute ^b   Richter, Thomas ^b   Henke, Julia ^b   Zrenner, Bernhard ^b   Karch, Martin R ^b   Erhardt, Wolfgang ^b   Schömig, Albert ^b   Schmitt, Claus ^b  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrium; Linear lesion; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; RADIOFREQUENCY; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CATHETERIZATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART ATRIA; SHEEP;

EID: 0036802420     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2002.01459.x     Document Type: Article

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