Visualizing ablation gaps in vitro using a deflectable fiber optic endocardial visualization catheter

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 107-110

  Irani, Afraaz R ^a   Lin, Bryant ^b   Eversull, Christian ^a,c   Hsia, Henry H ^b   Zei, Paul C ^b   Wang, Paul J ^b   Al Ahmad, Amin ^b,d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Acumen Medical   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation gaps; Ablation lesions; Fiber optic camera

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY SINUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOCARDIUM; FIBEROSCOPE; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; TREATMENT FAILURE; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; CATHETER ABLATION; ENDOCARDIUM; ENDOSCOPES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SWINE;

EID: 67651097561     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-008-9338-7     Document Type: Article

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