Atrial linear lesions: Feasibility using cryoablation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 283-289

  Kettering, Klaus ^a   Al Ghobainy, Rasool ^a   Wehrmann, Manfred ^a   Vonthein, Reinhard ^a   Mewis, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Cryoablation; Supraventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOTHERAPY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FREEZING; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART INJURY; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FUNCTION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CRYOSURGERY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; SWINE;

EID: 33745086213     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2006.00335.x     Document Type: Article

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