Comparison of electrode cooling between internal and open irrigation in radiofrequency ablation lesion depth and incidence of thrombus and steam pop

Circulation

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 11-19

  Yokoyama, Katsuaki ^a   Nakagawa, Hiroshi ^a,b   Wittkampf, Fred H M ^c   Pitha, Jan V ^b   Lazzara, Ralph ^a   Jackman, Warren M ^a  

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

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

^c Department of Cardio Thoracic Surgery   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Radiofrequency; Tachyarrhythmias; Thrombus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; DOG; ELECTRODE; INCIDENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; TACHYCARDIA; THERMOREGULATION; THIGH; THROMBUS; ANIMAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LAVAGE; METHODOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; THROMBOSIS; WATER VAPOR;

ANIMALS; CATHETER ABLATION; DOGS; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INCIDENCE; IRRIGATION; STEAM; TEMPERATURE; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 33644869315     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.540062     Document Type: Article

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