?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Effects+of+Endocardial+Microwave+Energy+Ablation%0A&rft.creator=Vicente%2C+Climent&rft.creator=Aquilino%2C+Hurl%C3%A9&rft.creator=Siew+Yen%2C+Ho&rft.creator=Dami%C3%A1n%2C+S%C3%A1nchez-Quintana&rft.subject=Indian+Pacing+and+Electrophysiology+Journal&rft.description=Until+recently+the+treatment+of+atrial+fibrillation+(AF)+consisted+primarily+of+palliation%2C+mostly+in+the+form+of+pharmacological+intervention.+However+because+of+recent+advances+in+nonpharmacologic+therapies%2C+the+current+expectation+of+patients+and+referring+physicians+is+that+AF+will+be+cured%2C+rather+than+palliated.+In+recent+years+there+has+been+a+rapid+expansion+in+the+availability+and+variety+of+energy+sources+and+devices+for+ablation.+One+of+these+energies%2C+microwave%2C+has+been+applied+clinically+only+in+the+last+few+years%2C+and+may+be+a+promising+technique+that+is+potentially+capable+of+treating+a+wide+range+of+ventricular+and+supraventricular+arrhythmias.+The+purpose+of+this+study+was+to+review+microwave+energy+ablation+in+surgical+treatment+of+AF+with+special+interest+in+histology+and+ultrastructure+of+lesions+produced+by+this+endocardial+ablation+procedure.%0A&rft.publisher=Indian+Pacing+and+Electrophysiology+Group&rft.contributor=Singh%2C+Balbir&rft.contributor=Lokhandwala%2C+Yash&rft.contributor=Francis%2C+Johnson&rft.contributor=Gupta%2C+Anup&rft.date=2005-07&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4453%2F1%2Fho.htm&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4453%2F2%2Fho.pdf&rft.identifier=++Vicente%2C+Climent+and+Aquilino%2C+Hurl%C3%A9+and+Siew+Yen%2C+Ho+and+Dami%C3%A1n%2C+S%C3%A1nchez-Quintana++(2005)+Effects+of+Endocardial+Microwave+Energy+Ablation.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4453%2F