Assessment of Radiofrequency Ablation Effect from Unipolar Pacing Threshold

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1993-1996

  Delacretaz, Etienne ^a   Soejima, Kyoko ^a   Brunckhorst, Corinna B ^a   Maisel, William H ^a   Friedman, Peter L ^a   Stevenson, William G ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Electrogram amplitude; Pacing threshold; Radiofrequency lesions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE MARKER; ELECTROGRAPHY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART PACING; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; SCAR FORMATION;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 0142042325     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.00307.x     Document Type: Article

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