Mechanism of Tissue Heating During High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Pulmonary Vein Isolation: Implications for Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Efficacy and Phrenic Nerve Protection

2008 ◽  
Vol 19 (9) ◽  
pp. 945-951 ◽  
Author(s):  
YASUO OKUMURA ◽  
MARK W. KOLASA ◽  
SUSAN B. JOHNSON ◽  
T. JARED BUNCH ◽  
BENHUR D. HENZ ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Atrial Fibrillation ◽  
Pulmonary Vein ◽  
Pulmonary Vein Isolation ◽  
Phrenic Nerve ◽  
High Intensity ◽  
Focused Ultrasound ◽  
High Intensity Focused Ultrasound ◽  
Atrial Fibrillation Ablation ◽  
Tissue Heating

Pulmonary vein isolation by high-intensity focused ultrasound: First-in-man study with a steerable balloon catheter

Heart Rhythm ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
pp. 575-584 ◽  
Author(s):  
Boris Schmidt ◽  
Matthias Antz ◽  
Sabine Ernst ◽  
Feifan Ouyang ◽  
Peter Falk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pulmonary Vein ◽  
Pulmonary Vein Isolation ◽  
High Intensity ◽  
Focused Ultrasound ◽  
Balloon Catheter ◽  
High Intensity Focused Ultrasound

scholarly journals Pulmonary vein isolation with high-intensity focused ultrasound: results from the HIFU 12F study

EP Europace ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 1281-1288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Boris Schmidt ◽  
Kyoung Ryul Julian Chun ◽  
Andreas Metzner ◽  
Alexander Fuernkranz ◽  
Feifan Ouyang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pulmonary Vein ◽  
Pulmonary Vein Isolation ◽  
High Intensity ◽  
Focused Ultrasound ◽  
High Intensity Focused Ultrasound
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