Transcatheter cryoablation part I: Preclinical experience

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 112-120

  Khairy, Paul ^a   Dubuc, Marc ^a  

^a MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHETER; CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOABLATION; CRYOSURGERY; ELECTRODE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART SURGERY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOSURGERY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS;

EID: 37549022270     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2007.00934.x     Document Type: Review

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