In vivo evaluation of virtual electrode mapping and ablation utilizing a direct endocardial visualization ablation catheter

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 88-95

  Chik, William W B ^a,b   Barry, M A ^a   Malchano, Zach ^c   Wylie, Bryan ^c   Pouliopoulos, Jim ^a   Huang, Kaimin ^a   Lu, Juntang ^a   Thavapalachandran, Sujitha ^a   Robinson, David ^c   Saadat, Vahid ^c   Thomas, Stuart P ^a   Ross, David L ^a,b   Kovoor, Pramesh ^a,b   Thiagalingam, Aravinda ^a,b  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Voyage Medical   (United States)

Author keywords

ablation; atrial fibrillation; atrium; imaging; radiofrequency ablation; virtual electrode

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENDOCARDIUM; EVALUATION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART PACING; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; CATHETERS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; ENDOCARDIUM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIA; MODELS, ANIMAL; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; SHEEP; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84855989857     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2011.02169.x     Document Type: Article

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