In vitro quantification of radiofrequency ablation lesion size using intracardiac echocardiography in dogs.
The results of this study demonstrate that real-time ultrasonic evaluation of radiofrequency lesion creation and lesion size is feasible.
Kalman
J M
JM
Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco 94143-1354, USA.
Jue
J
J
Sudhir
K
K
Fitzgerald
P
P
Yock
P
P
Lesh
M D
MD
D000818:Animals; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D004285:Dogs; D004452:Echocardiography; D004699:Endocardium / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006329:Heart Conduction System / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D016014:Linear Models; D011897:Random Allocation