Is there a potential benefit to increased irrigation channels during radiofrequency ablation? Results from a two-center prospective randomized study

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 516-520

  Knecht, Sébastien ^a   Sacher, Frédéric ^b   Forclaz, Andrei ^b   Verbeet, Thierry ^a   Hocini, Mélãze ^b   Wright, Matthew ^b   Tran Ngoc, Emmanuel ^a   Morissens, Marielle ^a   Peperstraete, Béatrice ^a   Derval, Nicolas ^b   Jaïs, Pierre ^b   Linton, Nick ^b   Decoodt, Pierre ^a   Haïssaguerre, Michel ^b   Castro Rodriguez, José ^a  

^a BRUGMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

atrial flutter; bidirectional block; catheter ablation; cavotricuspid isthmus; open irrigation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIAL CAVOTRICUSPID ISTHMUS FLUTTER; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; COMORBIDITY; EUROPE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; THERAPEUTIC IRRIGATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955902459     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2010.01945.x     Document Type: Article

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