Isthmus ablation with a novel microwave catheter in dogs

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-50

  Karolyi, Laszlo ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,t}   Spitzer, Stefan G ^f,g   Géller, László ^a,f,h,i   Kiss, Orsolya ^a,f   Lászik, András ^h,j,k,l   Sótonyi, Péter ^m,n,o,p,q   Merkely, Béla ^a,i,r,s,t  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b German Friedrich Ebert Foundation   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d German Academic Exchange Service   (Germany)

^e University Heart Center Dresden   (Germany)

^f Praxisklin Dept E/P T ^*

^g German Cardiac Society   (Germany)

^h SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

ⁱ Hungarian Society of Cardiology   (Hungary)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^k University's DNA Laboratory

^l Dept Natl Inst Forensic Med   (Hungary)

^m KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

ⁿ INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^o Kitasato University   (Japan)

^p UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^q European Society of Cardiology

^r Working Grp on Arrhythmia/Pacemaker   (United States)

^s Cardiovasc Ctr Electrophysiol

^t Dresden Inst of Cardiovasc Res   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CATHETER ABLATION; DOG; DOSE RESPONSE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM ISTHMUS; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; MICROWAVE CATHETER; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NONHUMAN; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION ENERGY;

ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIA, SINUS; CATHETER ABLATION; DOGS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; MICROWAVES; RADIATION DOSAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 13244277553     PISSN: 07395175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MEMB.2005.1384100     Document Type: Article

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