First in human validation of impedance-based catheter tip-to-tissue contact assessment in the left atrium

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1366-1373

  Piorkowski, Christopher ^a   Sih, Haris ^b   Sommer, Philipp ^a   Miller, Stephan P ^b   Gaspar, Thomas ^a   Teplitsky, Liane ^b   Hindricks, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b St Jude Medical Inc USA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CATHETER ABLATION; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC MODEL; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART PACING; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PILOT PROJECTS; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY, IMPEDANCE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70450201110     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2009.01552.x     Document Type: Article

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