Blunt atrial transseptal puncture using excimer laser in swine

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 585-590

  Elagha, Abdalla A ^a   Kim, Ann H ^a   Kocaturk, Ozgur ^a   Lederman, Robert J ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial transseptal puncture; Catheterization; Laser angioplasty

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; AUTOPSY; CATHETER; CATHETERIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCIMER LASER; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; IN VIVO STUDY; LASER ANGIOPLASTY; NONHUMAN; OXIMETRY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIA; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART SEPTUM; LASERS, EXCIMER; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEEDLES; PUNCTURES; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RESEARCH DESIGN; SWINE;

EID: 35348997161     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: 1522726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.21257     Document Type: Review

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