Comparison of endocardial and epicardial lesion size following large-tip and extra-large-tip transcatheter cryoablation

Circulation Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1619-1626

  Hashimoto, Kenichi ^a   Watanabe, Ichiro ^a   Okumura, Yasuo ^a   Ohkubo, Kimie ^a   Ashino, Sonoko ^a   Kofune, Masayoshi ^a   Nakai, Toshiko ^a   Kunimoto, Satoshi ^a   Kasamaki, Yuji ^a   Hirayama, Atsushi ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Cryoablation; Endocardium; Epicardium

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOABLATION; ELECTRODE; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; EXPERIMENTAL DOG; EXPERIMENTAL PIG; HEART INJURY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART SIZE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; NONHUMAN; TEMPERATURE; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANIMALS; CRYOSURGERY; DOGS; ENDOCARDIUM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART VENTRICLES; MODELS, ANIMAL; NECROSIS; PERICARDIUM; SWINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 69549091522     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-08-1211     Document Type: Article

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