Relationship between catheter forces, lesion characteristics, "popping," and char formation: Experience with robotic navigation system

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 436-440

  Di Biase, Luigi ^a,b   Natale, Andrea ^c,d   Barrett, Conor ^a   Tan, Carmela ^a   Elayi, Claude S ^a   Ching, Chi Keong ^a   Wang, Paul ^d   Al Ahmad, Amin ^d   Arruda, Mauricio ^a   Burkhardt, J David ^a   Wisnoskey, Brian J ^e   Chowdhury, Punam ^a   De Marco, Shari ^a   Armaganijan, Luciana ^a   Litwak, Kenneth N ^a   Schweikert, Robert A ^a   Cummings, Jennifer E ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^c TEXAS CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Saint Jude Medical   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Char; Complications; Force sensors; Left atrium; Perforations; Popping; Remote robotic navigation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CATHETER ABLATION; CATHETER COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; SENSOR; STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; CATHETER ABLATION; DOGS; ENDOCARDIUM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEART INJURIES; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; PRESSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROBOTICS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 63049135802     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2008.01355.x     Document Type: Article

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