Epicardial microwave ablation on the beating heart for atrial fibrillation: The dependency of lesion depth on cardiac output

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 355-360

  Melby, Spencer J ^a   Zierer, Andreas ^a   Kaiser, Scott P ^a   Schuessler, Richard B ^a   Damiano Jr , Ralph J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPICARDIUM; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INJURY; HEART OUTPUT; HISTOLOGY; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; STERNOTOMY; SWINE; TISSUE SECTION;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC OUTPUT; CATHETER ABLATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ENDOCARDIUM; HEART ATRIA; MICROWAVES; PERICARDIUM; PULMONARY ARTERY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SWINE;

EID: 33746228354     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.02.008     Document Type: Article

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