Catheter tip force required for mechanical perforation of porcine cardiac chambers

Europace

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 277-283

  Shah, Dipen ^a   Lambert, Hendrik ^b   Langenkamp, Arne ^b   Vanenkov, Yuri ^b   Leo, Giovanni ^b   Gentil Baron, Pascale ^a   Walpoth, Beat ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b Endosense SA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Catheter; Manipulation; Perforation; Sheaths

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART VENTRICLE PERFORATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR;

ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIAC TAMPONADE; CATHETER ABLATION; CATHETERS; HEART ATRIA; HEART VENTRICLES; MANOMETRY; MODELS, ANIMAL; PRESSURE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SWINE;

EID: 79251478461     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euq403     Document Type: Article

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