Linear ablation with duty-cycled radiofrequency energy at the cavotricuspid isthmus

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 444-450

  Boll, Stefanie ^a   Dang, Lam ^a   Scharf, Christoph ^a  

^a Cardiovascular Center   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CATHETER ABLATION; CAVOTRICUSPID ISTHMUS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GENERATOR; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART BLOCK; HEART MUSCLE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PROCESS TECHNOLOGY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTRODES; FEMALE; GROIN; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID VALVE; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950462136     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2009.02658.x     Document Type: Article

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