Endoscopic ablation systems

Expert Review of Medical Devices

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 177-183

  Bordignon, Stefano ^a   Chun, Kyoung Ryul Julian ^a   Gunawardene, Melanie ^a   Schulte Hahn, Britta ^a   Nowak, Bernd ^a   Fuernkranz, Alexander ^a   Schmidt, Boris ^a  

^a CARDIOANGIOLOGISCHES CENTRUM BETHANIEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

arrhythmias; atrial fibrillation ablation; endoscopic ablation system; laser

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC DRUG; ARRHYTHMIAS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA; ENDOSCOPIC ABLATION SYSTEM; ISOLATION TECHNIQUES; LASER GENERATORS; RADIO FREQUENCIES;

DISEASES; ENDOSCOPY; LASER SAFETY; LASERS; PATIENT TREATMENT;

ABLATION;

ABLATION THERAPY; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CARDIOVASCULAR EQUIPMENT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DEVICE SAFETY; ENDOSCOPE; ENDOSCOPIC ABLATION; ENDOSCOPIC ABLATION SYSTEM; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART TAMPONADE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; LASER; LASER SURGERY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NERVE INJURY; PATIENT SAFETY; PHRENIC NERVE; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC CATHETERS; CATHETER ABLATION; ENDOSCOPES; ENDOSCOPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS; PULMONARY VEINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84874919460     PISSN: 17434440     EISSN: 17452422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/erd.12.86     Document Type: Article

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