Epicardial Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation Using Cryoablation in an Acute Off-pump Sheep Model

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 267-273

  Doll, Nicolas ^a   Kornherr, P ^a   Aupperle, H ^a   Fabricius, A M ^a   Kiaii, B ^a   Ullmann, C ^a   Schneider, K ^a   Dhein, S ^a   Schoon, H A ^a   Rastan, A ^a   Walther, T ^a   Mohr, F W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cryoablation; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CAVA VEIN; CRYOABLATION THERAPY; DESCENDING AORTA; ELECTRODE; ESOPHAGUS; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART PACING; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; SHEEP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THORACOTOMY;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CRYOSURGERY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MODELS, ANIMAL; PERICARDIUM; PULMONARY VEINS; SHEEP; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 10744219914     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-43086     Document Type: Article

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