Myocardial lesion depth with circular electroporation ablation

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 581-586

  Wittkampf, Fred H M ^a   Van Driel, Vincent J ^a   Van Wessel, Harry ^a   Neven, Kars G E J ^a   Gründeman, Paul F ^a   Vink, Aryan ^a   Loh, Peter ^a   Doevendans, Pieter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Electroporation; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPORATION; EPICARDIUM; EXPERIMENTAL PIG; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; CATHETER ABLATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROPORATION; HEART VENTRICLES; MYOCARDIUM; PERICARDIUM; SWINE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 84863652967     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.111.970079     Document Type: Article

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