Intra-atrial temperatures in radiofrequency endocardial ablation: Histologic evaluation of lesions

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1495-1501

  Santiago, Teresa ^a,b   Melo, João Q ^a   Gouveia, Rosa H ^a   Martins, Ana P ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SANTA CRUZ   (Portugal)

^b Instituto do Coracao   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THICKNESS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEAT; IN VITRO STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEAT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0037408122     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(02)04990-1     Document Type: Article

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