Cooled needle catheter ablation creates deeper and wider lesions than irrigated tip catheter ablation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 508-515

  Thiagalingam, Aravinda ^a   Pouliopoulos, Jim ^a   Barry, Michael Anthony ^a   Boyd, Anita C ^a   Eipper, Vicki ^a   Yung, Teresa ^a   Ross, David L ^a   Kovoor, Pramesh ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ablation; Arrhythmia; Catheterization; Electrophysiology

Indexed keywords

TETRAZOLIUM BLUE;

ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART TAMPONADE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRRIGATED TIP CATHETER ABLATION; MALE; NEEDLE CATHETER ABLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; THORACOTOMY;

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

EID: 18244404031     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2005.40540.x     Document Type: Article

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