Is a cooled tip catheter the solution for the ablation of the cavotricuspid isthmus?

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1 II, 2003, Pages 328-331

  Scavee C ^a,b   Georger, F ^a   Jamart, J ^a   Mancini, I ^a   Collet, B ^a   Blommaert, D ^a   De Roy, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Atrial flutter; Catheter ablation; Cool tip catheter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENERGY TRANSFER; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART CATHETER; HEART CONDUCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037251198     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.00043.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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