Tissue-specific variability in human epicardial impedance

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 436-439

  Jacobson, Jason T ^a,d   Hutchinson, Mathew D ^b   Cooper, Joshua M ^b   Woo, Y Joseph ^b   Shandler, Richard S ^c   Callans, David J ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Biosense Webster   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

catheter ablation; epicardial ablation; impedance; ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; DEVICE; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

EID: 79954599127     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2010.01929.x     Document Type: Article

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