Feasibility of catheter cryoablation in normal ventricular myocardium and healed myocardial infarction

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1530-1539

  Reek, Sven ^a   Geller, J Christoph ^a   Schildhaus, Hans Ulrich ^a   Ripley, Kenneth L ^b   Klein, Helmut U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MAGDEBURG   (Germany)

^b CryoCor Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal models; Catheter ablation; Cryoablation; Myocardial infarction; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOTHERAPY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FREEZING; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCIBILITY; SHEEP; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; THAWING; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOSURGERY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART SEPTUM; HEART VENTRICLES; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIUM; PAPILLARY MUSCLES; SHEEP; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; TIME FACTORS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 9344231408     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2004.00672.x     Document Type: Article

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