Assessment of catheter tip contact force resulting in cardiac perforation in swine atria using force sensing technology

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 218-224

  Perna, Francesco ^a   Heist, E Kevin ^a   Danik, Stephan B ^a   Barrett, Conor D ^a   Ruskin, Jeremy N ^a   Mansour, Moussa ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac perforation; Cardiac tamponade; Catheter ablation; Contact force; Force sensing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CATHETER TIP CONTACT FORCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL PIG; FLUOROSCOPY; FORCE; FORCE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM PERFORATION; HEART CATHETER; HEART INJURY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERFORATION; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SENSOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; CATHETER; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART FUNCTION TEST; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MECHANICAL STRESS; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWINE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CATHETER ABLATION; CATHETERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PHENOMENA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART ATRIA; HEART INJURIES; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SWINE; TRANSDUCERS, PRESSURE;

EID: 79958821392     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.110.959429     Document Type: Article

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