The yin and yang of convective cooling in radiofrequency catheter ablation

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 794-795

  Haines, David E ^a  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY WILLIAM BEAUMONT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Blood flow; Catheter ablation; Convective cooling; Editorials; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY SINUS; EDITORIAL; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; THERAPY EFFECT; THERMAL INJURY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY SINUS; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE;

EID: 84857071447     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.111.968099     Document Type: Editorial

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