Irrigated bipolar radiofrequency ablation with transmurality feedback for the surgical Cox-Maze procedure

Heart Surgery Forum

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 418-423

  Hammer, Chad E ^a   Lutterman, Alison ^b   Potter, D Dean ^a   Sundt III, Thoralf M ^a   Schaff, Hartzell V ^a   Francischelli, David ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MEDTRONIC INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ENERGY RESOURCE; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEART ATRIUM; HEART SURGERY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMPEDANCE; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWINE; THICKNESS;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATHETER ABLATION; HEART ATRIA; IRRIGATION; SWINE;

EID: 0142217332     PISSN: 10983511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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