Increasing power versus duration for radiofrequency ablation with a high superfusate flow: Implications for pulmonary vein ablation?

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1379-1385

  Guy, Duncan J R ^a   Boyd, Anita ^a   Thomas, Stuart P ^a   Ross, David L ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Catheter ablation; Electrophysiology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CATHETER; CATHETER ABLATION; CATTLE; DISEASE COURSE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEMPERATURE; THICKNESS; TIME; VEIN INJURY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CATHETER ABLATION; CATTLE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HEART VENTRICLES; PULMONARY VEINS;

EID: 0038516683     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.t01-1-00197.x     Document Type: Article

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