Detection of microbubble formation during radiofrequency ablation using phonocardiography

Europace

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 333-335

  Kotini, Pavitra ^a   Mohler, Sailor ^b   Ellenbogen, Kenneth A ^a   Wood, Mark A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SonoMedica Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Echocardiography; Microbubble; Phonocardiography

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; HEART CATHETER; HEATING; ISOLATED HEART; MICROBUBBLE; NONHUMAN; PHONOCARDIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SWINE; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CATHETER ABLATION; MICROBUBBLES; MYOCARDIUM; PHONOCARDIOGRAPHY; SWINE;

EID: 33745399385     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eul018     Document Type: Article

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