Prospective randomized comparison of 8-mm gold-tip, externally irrigated-tip and 8-mm platinum-iridium tip catheters for cavotricuspid isthmus ablation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 709-713

  Sacher, Frédéric ^a,b   O'Neill, Mark D ^a   Jais, Pierre ^a   Huffer, Linda L ^a   Laborderie, Julien ^a   Derval, Nicolas ^a   Deplagne, Antoine ^a   Takahashi, Yoshihide ^a   Jonnson, Anders ^a   Hocini, Meleze ^a   Clementy, Jacques ^a   Haissaguerre, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Atrial flutter; Catheter ablation; Cavotricuspid isthmus; Gold tip catheter

Indexed keywords

GOLD; IRIDIUM; PLATINUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAVA VEIN; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ENERGY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART CATHETER; HEART CONDUCTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME; TRICUSPID VALVE;

AGED; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CATHETER ABLATION; CATHETERIZATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GOLD; HUMANS; IRIDIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATINUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 34250670286     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2007.00861.x     Document Type: Article

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