Convective cooling effect on cooled-tip catheter compared to large-tip catheter radiofrequency ablation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1368-1374

  Pilcher, Thomas A ^a   Sanford, Anna L ^b   Saul, J Philip ^a   Haemmerich, Dieter ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b AMRL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Convective cooling; Cooled tip catheter; Large tip catheter; Lesion size

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CATHETER; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; FLOW RATE; HEART INJURY; NONHUMAN; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; TEMPERATURE; TISSUE SECTION; TITRIMETRY;

ANIMALS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATHETER ABLATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HEART CATHETERIZATION; MYOCARDIUM; SWINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845668396     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2006.00549.x     Document Type: Article

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