Alternative energy sources for surgical atrial ablation

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 201-206

  Williams, Mathew R ^a,b   Garrido, Mauricio ^a   Oz, Mehmet C ^a   Argenziano, Michael ^a  

^a Surgical Arrhythmia Program ^*  (United States)

^b Surgical Arrhythmia Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; EDEMA; ENDOCARDIAL HEMORRHAGE; ENERGY RESOURCE; HEART ARREST; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPOTHERMIA; LASER; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NECROSIS; RADIOFREQUENCY; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE; TISSUE INJURY; ULTRASOUND;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; CATHETER ABLATION; ENDOCARDIUM; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MICROWAVES; PERICARDIUM;

EID: 2542456595     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0886-0440.2004.04037.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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