Endocardial hypothermia and pulmonary vein isolation with epicardial cryoablation in a porcine beating-heart model

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 135, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Masroor, Saqib ^a   Jahnke, Mary Ellen ^a   Carlisle, Antoine ^a   Cartier, Catherine ^b   LaLonde, Jean Pierre ^b   MacNeil, Timothy ^b   Tremblay, Andre ^b   Clubb Jr , Fred ^c  

^a HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Cryocath Technologies   (Canada)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOABLATION; EPICARDIUM; HEART MUSCLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HISTOLOGY; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OFF PUMP SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; STERNOTOMY; SWINE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 44649163790     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.12.038     Document Type: Article

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