Cryoablation time-dependent dose-response effect at minimal temperatures (-80°C): An experimental study

Europace

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1538-1545

  Atienza, Felipe ^a   Almendral, Jesús ^a   Sánchez Quintana, Damián ^b   Zaballos, Matilde ^a   Murillo, Margarita ^b   Jimeno, Concepción ^a   Parra, Verónica ^a   Fernández Avilés, Francisco ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular block; Atrioventricular node; Cryothermal ablation; Perinodal ablation; Supraventricular tachycardias

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; CATHETER; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOTHERMAL ABLATION; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; MINIPIG; NONHUMAN; PERINODAL ABLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; CRYOSURGERY; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; SWINE; SWINE, MINIATURE; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 71049193824     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eup310     Document Type: Article

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