Bipolar ablation of the interventricular septum is more efficient at creating a transmural line than sequential unipolar ablation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 16-26

  Sivagangabalan, Gopal ^a   Barry, Michael A ^a   Huang, Kaimin ^a   Lu, Juntang ^a   Pouliopoulos, Jim ^a   Thomas, Stuart P ^a   Ross, David L ^a   Thiagalingam, Aravinda ^a   Kovoor, Pramesh ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ablation; Electrophysiology clinical; Mapping; VT

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN;

AGAR MEDIUM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART PACING; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SEQUENTIAL UNIPOLAR ABLATION; SHEEP; STIMULATION;

ABLATION TECHNIQUES; AGAR; ANIMALS; HEART SEPTUM; HUMANS; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SHEEP; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 73649111061     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2009.02602.x     Document Type: Article

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