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Contact Geometry Affects Lesion Formation in Radio-Frequency Cardiac Catheter Ablation

One factor which may be important for determining proper lesion creation during atrial ablation is catheter-endocardial contact. Little information is available that relates geometric contact, depth and angle, to ablation lesion formation. We present an electrothermal computer model of ablation that...

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Autores principales: Gallagher, Neal, Fear, Elise C., Byrd, Israel A., Vigmond, Edward J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3781109/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24086275
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0073242