Indication of the radiofrequency induced lesion size by pre-ablation measurements

Europace

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 525-534

  Stagegaard, Niels ^a   Petersen, Helen Høgh ^a   Chen, Xu ^a   Svendsen, Jesper Hastrup ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Electrode contact; External cooling; Impedance; Irrigated tip; Power controlled ablation; Radiofrequency ablation; Temperature controlled ablation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COOLING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRODE; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE; IMPEDANCE; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

ANIMALS; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; IRRIGATION; MYOCARDIUM; SWINE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 27144496975     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eupc.2005.05.016     Document Type: Article

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