Electroporation past and future of catheter ablation

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 573-575

  DeSimone, Christopher V ^a   Kapa, Suraj ^a   Asirvatham, Samuel J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation techniques; Arrhythmias cardiac; Catheter ablation; Collateral circulation; Editorials; Electroporation

Indexed keywords

CATHETER ABLATION; CELL DAMAGE; CELL DEATH; CELL MEMBRANE; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; DIRECT CURRENT; DIRECT CURRENT ABLATION; EDITORIAL; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROPORATION; ENERGY RESOURCE; ESOPHAGUS; GANGLION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; PERMEABILITY; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA ABLATION; ABLATION THERAPY; ANIMAL; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; EDITORIALS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; PULMONARY VEIN;

ABLATION TECHNIQUES; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CATHETER ABLATION; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; EDITORIALS; ELECTROPORATION;

ANIMALS; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPORATION; MYOCARDIUM; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; PULMONARY VEINS;

EID: 84907866006     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.114.001999     Document Type: Editorial

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