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Percutaneous intracardiac direct-current shocks up to 250 J provide a safe technique for closed-chest ablation of cardiac conduction tissue, causing dose-dependent localized necrosis without resulting in cardiac wall perforation. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

June 1, 1986European Heart Journal

Percutaneous intracardiac direct-current shocks in dogs: arrhythmogenic potential and pathological changes

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HWH. WéberPontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico LSL. SchmitzUniversity of California, Los Angeles RDRenate DischeMount Sinai Medical Center

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Highlights site- and energy-dependent arrhythmic risk with DC ablation; leaves open optimal parameters for human translation.

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Wéber et al. (1986) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1bd85d26cb5670aa9cfed7 https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.eurheartj.a062101

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Percutaneous intracardiac direct-current shocks in dogs: arrhythmogenic potential and pathological changes

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