Steerable versus nonsteerable sheath technology in atrial fibrillation ablation a prospective, randomized study

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 157-165

  Piorkowski, Christopher ^a   Eitel, Charlotte ^a   Rolf, Sascha ^a   Bode, Kerstin ^a   Sommer, Philipp ^a   Gaspar, Thomas ^a   Kircher, Simon ^a   Wetzel, Ulrike ^a   ShokorParwani, Abdul ^a,b   Boldt, Leif Hendrik ^b   Mende, Meinhard ^a   Bollmann, Andreas ^a   Husser, Daniela ^a   Dagres, Nikolaos ^a   Esato, Masahiro ^a   Arya, Arash ^a   Haverkamp, Wilhelm ^b   Hindricks, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Clinical; Electrophysiology; Steerable sheaths

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CATHETER; HEART RHYTHM; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERIAL COATING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NERVE PARALYSIS; NONSTEERABLE SHEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; STEERABLE SHEAT; STROKE; TREATMENT DURATION; CATHETER; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GERMANY; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CATHETERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; GERMANY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79958833766     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.110.957761     Document Type: Article

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