Irrigated radiofrequency ablation with transmurality feedback reliably produces cox maze lesions in vivo

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2263-2270

  Hamner, Chad E ^b   Potter Jr , D Dean ^b   Cho, Kwang Ree ^b   Lutterman, Alison ^b   Francischelli, David ^b   Sundt III, Thoralf M ^b   Schaff, Hartzell V ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COX MAZE SURGERY; ELECTRODE; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM MUSCLE; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART SURGERY; IMPEDANCE CARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATHETER ABLATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; IRRIGATION; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SHEEP;

EID: 28344448219     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.06.017     Document Type: Article

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