Morphometric ablation lesion characteristics comparing 4, 6, and 8 mm electrode-tip cryocatheters

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1203-1207

  Khairy, Paul ^a   Rivard, Lena ^a   Guerra, Peter G ^a   Tanguay, Jean François ^a   Mawad, Wadi ^a   Roy, Denis ^a   Talajic, Mario ^a   Thibault, Bernard ^a   Macle, Laurent ^a   Dubuc, Marc ^a  

^a MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Catheter ablation; Cryothermal energy; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOCATHETER; FACTORIAL DESIGN; HEART CATHETER; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THROMBOSIS;

ANIMALS; CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOSURGERY; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART VENTRICLES; SWINE; SWINE, MINIATURE;

EID: 55449122764     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2008.01224.x     Document Type: Article

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