Enlargement of catheter ablation lesions in infant hearts with cryothermal versus radiofrequency energy an animal study

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 211-217

  Khairy, Paul ^a   Guerra, Peter G ^a   Rivard, Lena ^a   Tanguay, Jean François ^a   Landry, Evelyn ^a   Guertin, Marie Claude ^a   MacLe, Laurent ^a   Thibault, Bernard ^a   Tardif, Jean Claude ^a   Talajic, Mario ^a   Roy, Denis ^a   Dubuc, Marc ^a  

^a MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cryoablation; Cryoenergy; Infants; Neonates; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ABLATION LESION; ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOABLATION; ELECTRODE; EXPERIMENTAL PIG; GROWTH RATE; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR VALVE; HEART INJURY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; MINIPIG; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; TEMPERATURE; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOSURGERY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEART ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWINE; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOSURGERY; HEART ATRIA; HEART VENTRICLES; MYOCARDIUM; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWINE; SWINE, MINIATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79958817259     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.110.958082     Document Type: Article

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