Real time quantification of low temperature radiofrequency ablation lesion size using phased array intracardiac echocardiography in the canine model: Comparison of two dimensional images with pathological lesion characteristics

Heart

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 923-927

  Doi, A ^a   Takagi, Masahiko ^a   Toda, I ^a   Teragaki, M ^a   Yoshiyama, M ^a   Takeuchi, K ^a   Yoshikawa, J ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; DOG; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENERGY; HEART EDEMA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOFREQUENCY; TISSUE NECROSIS;

EID: 0042668491     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heart.89.8.923     Document Type: Article

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