Effects of temporal application parameters on lesion dimensions during transvenous catheter cryoablation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 201-204

  Tse, Hung Fat ^a   Ripley, Kenneth L ^b   Lee, Kathy L F ^a   Siu, Chung Wah ^a   Van Vleet, John F ^c   Pelkey, William L ^b   Lau, Chu Pak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CryoCor Inc   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Cryoablation; Lesion dimension

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; FREEZE THAWING; HEART INJURY; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; THIGH; VEIN CATHETERIZATION;

ANIMALS; CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOSURGERY; ELECTRODES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCLES; SWINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 14644438524     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2005.40559.x     Document Type: Article

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