Comparison of high power, medium power, and irrigated-tip ablation strategies for pulmonary vein isolation in a canine model

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 849-853

  Gerstenfeld, Edward P ^a,b   Jacobson, Jason ^a   Bazan, Victor ^a   Lazar, Sorin ^a   Tomaszewski, John E ^a   Marchlinski, Francis E ^a   Michele, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Canine; Pulmonary vein

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRANULATION TISSUE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INJURY; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISOLATED ORGAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; SCAR FORMATION; THROMBUS; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ANIMALS; CATHETER ABLATION; DOGS; ENERGY TRANSFER; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; IRRIGATION; PULMONARY VEINS;

EID: 34447642330     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2007.00869.x     Document Type: Article

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