Comparison of cryothermia and radiofrequency current in safety and efficacy of catheter ablation within the canine coronary sinus close to the left circumflex coronary artery

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1218-1226

  Aoyama, Hiroshi ^a   Nakagawa, Hiroshi ^a,c   Pitha, Jan V ^b   Khammar, George S ^a   Chandrasekaran, Krishnaswamy ^a   Matsudaira, Kagari ^a   Yagi, Tetsuo ^a   Yokoyama, Katsuaki ^a   Lazzara, Ralph ^a   Jackman, Warren M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Stenosis; Vessels; Wolff Parkinson White syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY SINUS; CRYOTHERAPY; DOG; HISTOLOGY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTIMA; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; ANIMAL; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; CRYOSURGERY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; INJURY; METHODOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY VESSELS; CRYOSURGERY; DOGS; ENDOSONOGRAPHY;

EID: 33644793096     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2005.50126.x     Document Type: Article

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