Efficacy of a microwave antenna for ablation of the tricuspid valve - Inferior vena cava isthmus in dogs as a treatment for type 1 atrial flutter

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 191-198

  Iwasa, Atsushi ^a   Storey, James ^a   Yao, Biguang ^a   Liem, L Bing ^b   Feld, Gregory K ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial flutter; Linear ablation; Microwave ablation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY SINUS; DOG; ELECTRODE; ENDOCARDIUM; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART CATHETER; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART PACING; HIS BUNDLE; HISTOLOGY; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ENERGY; SAFETY; THICKNESS; TRICUSPID VALVE;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FLUTTER; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; ENDOCARDIUM; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART SEPTUM; MICROWAVES; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; NECROSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID VALVE; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 3543087548     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JICE.0000026912.31075.cd     Document Type: Article

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