Safety and feasibility of closed chest epicardial catheter ablation using electroporation

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 913-919

  Neven, Kars ^a,b   Driel, Vincent Van ^a   Wessel, Harry Van ^a,c   Es, René Van ^a   Pré, Bastiaan Du ^a   Doevendans, Pieter A ^a,d   Wittkampf, Fred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ALFRIED KRUPP KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

^c St Jude Medical   (Netherlands)

^d ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Coronary arteries; Electroporation; Pericardium; Safety

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE;

ABLATION THERAPY; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY DIAMETER; CARDIOVERSION; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; DEVICE SAFETY; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; IRREVERSIBLE ELECTROPORATION DEVICE; NONHUMAN; PERICARDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TISSUE SECTION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DEVICES; ELECTROPORATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEART CATHETER; HEART INJURIES; HEART MUSCLE; HYPERPLASIA; INJURIES; NEOINTIMA; PATHOLOGY; PIG; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TIME; VASCULAR SYSTEM INJURIES;

ANIMALS; CARDIAC CATHETERS; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSELS; ELECTROPORATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEART INJURIES; HYPERPLASIA; MODELS, ANIMAL; MYOCARDIUM; NEOINTIMA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SWINE; TIME FACTORS; VASCULAR SYSTEM INJURIES;

EID: 84925230679     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.114.001607     Document Type: Review

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