Gold-tip electrodes - A new "deep lesion" technology for catheter ablation? In vitro comparison of a gold alloy versus platinum-iridium tip electrode ablation catheter

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 770-772

  Lewalter, Thorsten ^a   Bitzen, Alexander ^a   Wurtz, Sabine ^b   Blum, Robert ^b   Schlodder, Karsten ^b   Yang, Alexander ^a   Lickfett, Lars ^a   Schwab, Jörg O ^a   Schrickel, Jan W ^a   Tiemann, Klaus ^a   Linhart, Markus ^a   Zima, Endre ^c   Merkely, Bela ^c   Lüderitz, Berndt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b Biotronik   (Germany)

^c SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Arrhythmias; Electrodes; Radiofrequency catheter ablation; Tachycardia

Indexed keywords

GOLD ALLOY; IRIDIUM; PLATINUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COOLING; ELECTRODE; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HEATING; IN VITRO STUDY; ISOLATED HEART; LIVER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SWINE; TARGET ORGAN; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

ANIMALS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GOLD; IRIDIUM; LIVER; PLATINUM; SWINE;

EID: 22244465872     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2005.40832.x     Document Type: Article

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