An instrument to measure the heat convection coefficient on the endocardial surface

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 321-335

  Dos Santos, Icaro ^a   Shah, Jignesh ^a   Da Rocha, Adson Ferreira ^b   Webster, John G ^c   Valvano, Jonathan W ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^c University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac ablation; Endocardium; Heat convection; Heat flux sensor; Instrumentation; Thermistor

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; ANEMOMETERS; CALIBRATION; HEART; HEAT FLUX; THERMISTORS;

BLOOD FLOW; CALIBRATION PROCEDURE; CARDIAC ABLATION; ENDOCARDIAL SURFACES; ENDOCARDIUM; HEAT CONVECTION COEFFICIENT; HEAT FLUX SENSORS; IN-VIVO; INSTRUMENTATION; VIVO EVALUATION;

HEAT CONVECTION;

ANEMOMETER; CATHETER ABLATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDOCARDIUM; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEAT TRANSFER; INSTRUMENTATION; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMISTOR; THERMODYNAMICS; VELOCITY;

EID: 0038439688     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/24/2/308     Document Type: Conference Paper

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