Acute and chronic effects of cryoablation of the pulmonary veins in the dog as a potential treatment for focal atrial fibrillation

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 135-140

  Feld, Gregory K ^a,b   Yao, Biguang ^a   Reu, Gene ^a   Kudaravalli, Ravindra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cryoablation; Pulmonary veins

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOABLATION; DOG; FREEZING; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CRYOSURGERY; DOGS; PULMONARY VEINS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0038546784     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023660901347     Document Type: Article

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