Catheter Intramural Needle Radiofrequency Ablation Creates Deeper Lesions than Irrigated Tip Catheter Ablation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2146-2150

  Thiagalingam, Aravinda ^a   Campbell, Craig R ^a   Boyd, Anita ^a   Ross, David L ^a   Kovoor, Pramesh ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ablation; Arrhythmia; Catheterization; Electrophysiology

Indexed keywords

TETRAZOLIUM BLUE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGENATION; CATHETER ABLATION; GEOMETRY; HEART; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INJURY; HEART MUSCLE; HEART PACING; HEART PERFUSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAMURAL NEEDLE ABLATION CATHETER; IRRIGATED TIP ABLATION CATHETER; MALE; NEEDLE; NONHUMAN; SHEEP; STAINING; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CATHETER ABLATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IRRIGATION; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; SHEEP;

EID: 0242636809     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.00334.x     Document Type: Article

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