Characterization of radiofrequency ablation lesion development based on simulated and measured intracardiac electrograms

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2467-2478

  Keller, Matthias Walter ^a   Schuler, Steffen ^a   Wilhelms, Mathias ^a   Lenis, Gustavo ^a   Seemann, Gunnar ^a   Schmitt, Claus ^b   Dossel, Olaf ^a   Luik, Armin ^b  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b STÄDTISCHES KLINIKUM KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute lesion model; bidomain model; intracardiac electrograms (EGM); radiofrequency ablation (RFA); simulation

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY;

BIDOMAIN MODELS; CONDUCTION VELOCITY; CONDUCTIVE ELECTRODES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; INTERVENTIONAL TREATMENT; INTRACARDIAC ELECTROGRAMS; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SIMULATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ARTICLE; CATHETER; ELECTRODE; ELECTROGRAPHY; GEOMETRY; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SIMULATION; VALIDATION STUDY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEART; HEART INJURY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CATHETER ABLATION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES; HEART; HEART INJURIES; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84906568827     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2014.2322515     Document Type: Article

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