Efficacy and safety of right and left atrial ablations on the beating heart with irrigated bipolar radiofrequency energy: A long-term animal study

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 853-860

  Melby, Spencer J ^a   Gaynor, Sydney L ^a   Lubahn, Jordon G ^a   Lee, Anson M ^a   Rahgozar, Paymon ^a   Caruthers, Shelton D ^a   Williams, Todd A ^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

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART PACING; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OFF PUMP SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; STERNOTOMY; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CATHETER ABLATION; IRRIGATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYOCARDIUM; SWINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33748770948     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.05.048     Document Type: Article

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