Electrode Impedance: An Indicator of Electrode-Tissue Contact and Lesion Dimensions During Linear Ablation

Comparison of In Vivo Tissue Temperature Profile and Lesion Geometry for Radiofrequency Ablation With a Saline-Irrigated Electrode Versus Temperature Control in a Canine Thigh Muscle Preparation

Hiroshi Nakagawa, William S. Yamanashi, Jan Piťha et al. · Circulation · 1995 · 624 citations

Medicine, Surgery, Heat Transfer +14

Right and Left Atrial Radiofrequency Catheter Therapy of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation

M Haissaguerre, P. Jaïs, Dipen Shah et al. · Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology · 1996 · 578 citations

Medicine, Cardiology, Cardiothoracic Surgery +12

Tissue Heating During Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation: A Thermodynamic Model and Observations in Isolated Perfused and Superfused Canine Right Ventricular Free Wall

David E. Haines, Denny D. Watson · Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology · 1989 · 435 citations

Medicine, Cardiology, Heat Transfer +16

Determinants of Lesion Size During Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation: The Role of Electrode‐Tissue Contact Pressure and Duration of Energy Delivery

David E. Haines · Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology · 1991 · 265 citations

Medicine, Biomedical Engineering, Cardiology +13

Inverse Relationship Between Electrode Size and Lesion Size During Radiofrequency Ablation With Active Electrode Cooling

Hiroshi Nakagawa, Fred H.M. Wittkampf, William S. Yamanashi et al. · Circulation · 1998 · 210 citations

Medicine, Anesthesiology, Electrophysiology +16