Impact of corticosteroids on late growth of radiofrequency lesions in infant pigs: Histopathological and electroanatomical findings

Europace

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 121-128

  Arfelli, Elerson ^a   De Araujo, Srgio ^a   Okada, Mieko ^a   Nascimento, Thais ^a   Dos Santos, Luis Felipe N ^a   Franco, Marcello ^a   De Paola, Angelo A V ^a   Fenelon, Guilherme ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Arrhythmias; Corticosteroids; Electroanatomical mapping; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; HYDROCORTISONE; PREDNISONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SWINE; TISSUE INJURY;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANIMALS; CATHETER ABLATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CICATRIX; COLLAGEN; FIBROSIS; HEART ATRIA; HEART VENTRICLES; HYDROCORTISONE; MODELS, ANIMAL; PREDNISONE; SWINE;

EID: 78650439866     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euq391     Document Type: Article

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