Internal atrial shock delivery by standard diagnostic electrophysiology catheters in goats: Effects on atrial electrogram amplitude and tissue architecture

Europace

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 203-207

  Wijffels, M C E F ^a   Timmermans, C C M M ^b   van Suylen, R J ^b   Rodriguez, L M ^c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiac electrophysiology; Endocardial; Goat; Internal atrial shock delivery; Shock tissue damage

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY SINUS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; ENDOCARDIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GOAT; GRANULATION TISSUE; HEART CATHETER; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOSIS;

ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; ATRIAL FUNCTION; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; GOATS; HEART ATRIA; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM;

EID: 34047192757     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eum007     Document Type: Article

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