Creating continuous linear lesions in the atria: A comparison of the multipolar ablation technique versus the conventional drag-and-burn

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 905-911

  Su, Wilber W ^a,b   Johnson, Susan B ^a   Jain, Mudit K ^a   Hall, Jeffrey ^a   Packer, Douglas L ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Linear ablation; Phased radiofrequency energy; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; DOGS; FLUOROSCOPY;

EID: 27744487188     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2005.40821.x     Document Type: Article

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