A cooled water-irrigated intraesophageal balloon to prevent thermal injury during cardiac ablation: Experimental study based on an agar phantom

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Lequerica, Juan L ^a   Berjano, Enrique J ^b   Herrero, Maria ^a   Melecio, Lemuel ^a,c   Hornero, Fernando ^d  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOMEDICINA DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD METROPOLITANA   (Puerto Rico)

^d HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALLOONS; CARDIOLOGY; CATHETERS; COOLANTS; COOLING; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; OPTIMIZATION;

CATHETER ABLATION; ESOPHAGEAL LUMEN; THERMAL INJURY; THERMAL PROTECTION;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

AGAR; COOLING WATER;

ARTICLE; BALLOON; CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOANESTHESIA; ESOPHAGUS; HEART SURGERY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL INJURY;

AGAR; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATHETER ABLATION; ESOPHAGUS; HEAT; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; IRRIGATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; WATER;

EID: 39049163743     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/4/N01     Document Type: Article

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