Myocardial Lesion Formation Using High-intensity Focused Ultrasound

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 932-937

  Engel, David J ^a   Muratore, Robert ^b   Hirata, Kumiko ^a   Otsuka, Ryo ^a   Fujikura, Kana ^a   Sugioka, Kenichi ^a   Marboe, Charles ^a   Lizzi, Frederic L ^b   Homma, Shunichi ^a  

^a Department of Orthopaedic Surgery   (United States)

^b RIVERSIDE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENDOCARDIUM; ENERGY; EPICARDIUM; EXCISION; HEART BEAT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIST; NONHUMAN; PULSE WAVE; SAMPLE; THORAX; TISSUE SECTION;

ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DOGS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HEART VENTRICLES; RADIATION DOSAGE; SONICATION; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 33745639929     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2006.02.012     Document Type: Article

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