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Transcatheter Microwave Ablation

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Progress in Catheter Ablation

Part of the book series: Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine ((DICM,volume 241))

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Microwave energy was considered an attractive alternative source for tissue heating because it involves a fundamentally different process from radiofrequency energy.

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  1. Cardiac Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA

    L. Bing Liem & Dany Berubé

  2. AFx Inc., Fremont, California, USA

    Dany Berubé

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  1. Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA

    Liong Bing Liem (Associate Professor of Medicine, Director) (Associate Professor of Medicine, Director)

  2. Experimental Cardiac Electrophysiology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California, USA

    Liong Bing Liem (Associate Professor of Medicine, Director) (Associate Professor of Medicine, Director)

  3. University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Eugene Downar (Professor of Medicine, Director) (Professor of Medicine, Director)

  4. Invasive Cardiac Electrophysiology, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Eugene Downar (Professor of Medicine, Director) (Professor of Medicine, Director)

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Liem, L.B., Berubé, D. (2001). Transcatheter Microwave Ablation. In: Liem, L.B., Downar, E. (eds) Progress in Catheter Ablation. Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol 241. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9791-3_26

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