Energy titration strategies with the endoscopic ablation system: Lessons from the high-dose vs. low-dose laser ablation study

Europace

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 685-689

  Bordignon, Stefano ^a   Chun, Kyoung Ryul Julian ^a   Gunawardene, Melanie ^a   Urban, Verena ^a   Kulikoglu, Mehmet ^a   Miehm, Kristin ^a   Brzank, Beate ^a   Schulte Hahn, Britta ^a   Nowak, Bernd ^a   Schmidt, Boris ^a  

^a CARDIOANGIOLOGISCHES CENTRUM BETHANIEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Balloon catheters; Energy titration; Laser

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE PARALYSIS; PHRENIC NERVE PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TITRIMETRY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ENDOSCOPY; ENERGY TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84874855728     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eus352     Document Type: Article

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