Loss of pace capture after radiofrequency application predicts the formation of uniform transmural lesions

Europace

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 601-606

  Kosmidou, Ioanna ^a   Houde Walter, Haley ^a   Foley, Lori ^a   Michaud, Gregory ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial ablation; Bipolar pace capture; Uniform transmural lesions

Indexed keywords

TRIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART CATHETER; HEART INFARCTION LOCALIZATION; HEART INJURY; HEART PACING; HEART STIMULATION; INTRACARDIAC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; LOSS OF PACE CAPTURE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINUS RHYTHM; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CARDIAC CATHETERS; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; MODELS, ANIMAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; STAINING AND LABELING; SWINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84875980937     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eus381     Document Type: Article

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