Thermal-electrical modeling for epicardial atrial radiofrequency ablation

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1348-1357

  Berjano, Enrique J ^a   Hornero, Fernando ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cardiac ablation; Epicardial ablation; Finite element method; Radiofrequency ablation; Theoretical model

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PATIENT TREATMENT;

EPICARDIAL RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; THERMAL-ELECTRICAL MODELING;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

FAT;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CATHETER ABLATION; COOLING; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; EPICARDIUM; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEAT TREATMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARAMETER; RADIOFREQUENCY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 3242669886     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2004.827545     Document Type: Article

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