Effects of radiofrequency pulses delivered in the vicinity of the coronary arteries: Implications for nonsurgical transthoracic epicardial catheter ablation to treat ventricular tachycardia

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1488-1495

  D'Avila, André ^a   Gutierrez, Paulo ^a   Scanavacca, Mauricio ^a   Reddy, Vivek ^a   Lustgarten, Daniel L ^a   Sosa, Eduardo ^a   Ramires, José Antonio F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Catheter ablation; Coronary artery; Epicardium; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY ARTERY; EPICARDIUM; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HISTOLOGY; NONHUMAN; RADIOFREQUENCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ARTERIES; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY VESSELS; DOGS; PERICARDIUM; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 0036802421     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2002.01488.x     Document Type: Article

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