Finite element modeling simulation of cardiac radiofrequency catheter ablation based on heart chamber anatomy

Chinese Journal of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 532-538

  Liu, Peng Fei ^a,b   Liu, Ji Quan ^a,b   Duan, Hui Long ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Cardiac CT; Finite element modeling; Heart anatomy; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTRODE; FINITE ELEMENT MODELING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84869215005     PISSN: 02588021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.0258-8021.2012.04.000     Document Type: Article

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