Intrapericardial balloon placement for prevention of collateral injury during catheter ablation of the left atrium in a porcine model

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 81-87

  Nakahara, Shiro ^a   Ramirez, Rafael J ^a   Buch, Eric ^a   Michowitz, Yoav ^a   Vaseghi, Marmar ^a   de Diego, Carlos ^a   Boyle, Noel G ^a   Mahajan, Aman ^a   Shivkumar, Kalyanam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Esophageal injury; Phrenic nerve injury

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BALLOON; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; ESOPHAGUS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HEMODYNAMICS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTRAPERICARDIAL BALLOON PLACEMENT; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; NONSURGICAL INVASIVE THERAPY; PERICARDIUM; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; SWINE; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSVERSE SINUS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BALLOON DILATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ESOPHAGUS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HEMODYNAMICS; PERICARDIUM; PHRENIC NERVE; SWINE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 72449205430     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.09.022     Document Type: Article

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