title: Avoiding steam explosions during catheter ablation: "stopping before popping".
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Institute of Clinical Medicine, and Cardiovascular Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Fa-Po
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Shih-Ann
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000379:methods*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000601:surgery*; D013227:Steam; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation / Q000379:methods*; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional
chemical_list: D013227:Steam
keywords: atrial fibrillation; catheter ablation; steam pops; ultrasound; ventricular tachycardia