Esophageal temperature monitoring during radiofrequency catheter ablation: Experimental study based on an agar phantom model

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Rodríguez, Ignacio ^a   Lequerica, Juan L ^b   Berjano, Enrique J ^c   Herrero, Maria ^b   Hornero, Fernando ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE BIOMEDICINA DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agar phantom; Esophageal temperature probe; Esophagus; Left atrium; Radiofrequency ablation; Temperature measurement

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; ALGAE; CATHETERS; COLLAGEN; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PHANTOMS; PROBES; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOCOUPLES; TISSUE;

AGAR PHANTOM; ESOPHAGEAL TEMPERATURE PROBE; ESOPHAGUS; LEFT ATRIUMS; PHANTOMS; RADIOFREQUENCIES; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY CATHETER ABLATION; TEMPERATURE MONITORING; TEMPERATURE PROBES;

POLYSACCHARIDES;

ARTICLE; CATHETER; CATHETER ABLATION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ELECTRODE; ESOPHAGUS; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; MECHANICAL PROBE; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; BODY TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

AGAR;

AGAR; BODY TEMPERATURE; CATHETER ABLATION; ESOPHAGUS; HUMANS; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34247859215     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: 13616579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/28/5/001     Document Type: Article

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