Efficacy of a cooled bipolar epicardial radiofrequency ablation probe for creating transmural myocardial lesions

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 453-458

  Wood, Mark A ^a   Ellenbogen, Amy L ^a   Pathak, Vishesh ^a   Ellenbogen, Kenneth A ^a   Kasarajan, Vigneshwar ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CONDUCTOR; ENDOCARDIAL DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION;

ANIMALS; CATHETER ABLATION; CATTLE; COLD TEMPERATURE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MODELS, ANIMAL; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCARDIUM; SHEEP;

EID: 74649084618     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.06.028     Document Type: Article

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