Pulmonary vein isolation using a novel decapolar over-the-wire mapping and ablation catheter

Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1341-1347

  Deneke, Thomas ^a,b   De Groot, Joris R ^c   Horlitz, Marc ^a   Mügge, Andreas ^b   Grewe, Peter H ^b   Bünz, Katrin ^a   Bastian, Annely ^a   Haberkorn Butendeich, Ron ^a   Shin, Dong In ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bipolar to unipolar ablation ratio; Circular decapolar ablation catheter; Duty cycled multichannel ablation generator; Novel ablation system; Pulmonary vein ablation catheter; Pulmonary vein isolation

Indexed keywords

CATHETER ABLATION; CELL DAMAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRODE; GENERATOR; GUIDE WIRE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; PATIENT SAFETY; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; PULMONARY VEINS; RADIO WAVES; TRANSDUCERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 73349142039     PISSN: 14779072     EISSN: 17448344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/erc.09.116     Document Type: Review

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