Linear radiofrequency microcatheter ablation guided by phased array intracardiac echocardiography combined with temperature decay

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1543-1552

  Keane, David ^a   Hynes, Brian ^a   Lamkin, Robert ^b   Houghtaling, Christopher ^b   Zhou, Li ^b   Aretz, Thomas ^b   Ruskin, Jeremy ^b  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Intracardiac echocardiography; Temperature; Temperature control

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CATHETER ABLATION; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; GOAT; HEART PACING; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; IMPEDANCE; INTRACARDIAC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PREDICTION; RADIOFREQUENCY; TEMPERATURE; TRANSDUCER;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; GOATS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 70449713365     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2009.02512.x     Document Type: Article

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