Area under the real-time contact force curve (force-time integral) predicts radiofrequency lesion size in an in vitro contractile model

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1038-1043

  Shah, Dipen C ^a   Lambert, Hendrik ^b   Nakagawa, Hiroshi ^c   Langenkamp, Arne ^b   Aeby, Nicolas ^b   Leo, Giovanni ^c  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b Endosense SA   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

arrhythmia; catheter ablation; contact; contact force; diastole; lesion; systole

Indexed keywords

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CONTACT FORCE; CONTACT FORCE TIME INTEGRAL; DIASTOLE; FORCE SENSING CATHETER; FORCE TIME INTEGRAL; HEART BEAT; HEART FIBRILLATION; HEART INJURY; IN VITRO STUDY; MEASUREMENT; OPEN TIP IRRIGATED CATHETER; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIMULATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SYSTOLE;

ANIMALS; AREA UNDER CURVE; CATHETER ABLATION; CATHETERS; CATTLE; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LINEAR MODELS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NECROSIS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSDUCERS, PRESSURE;

EID: 77956323154     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2010.01750.x     Document Type: Article

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