Convective cooling affects cardiac catheter cryoablation and radiofrequency ablation in opposite directions

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1499-1502

  Haemmerich, Dieter ^a,b   Pilcher, Thomas A ^b  

^a IEEE

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC CATHETER CRYOABLATION; CONVECTIVE COOLING; PHYSIOLOGIC FLOW RATES; SALINE BATH;

FLOW RATE; HEAT CONVECTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; TISSUE;

CARDIOLOGY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOSURGERY; HEART; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART SURGERY; HISTOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOSURGERY; HEART; SWINE;

EID: 57649210307     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4352585     Document Type: Conference Paper

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