A novel radiofrequency ablation catheter using contact force sensing: Toccata study

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 18-23

  Kuck, Karl Heinz ^a   Reddy, Vivek Y ^b   Schmidt, Boris ^a   Natale, Andrea ^c   Neuzil, Petr ^d   Saoudi, Nadir ^e   Kautzner, Josef ^f   Herrera, Claudia ^g   Hindricks, Gerhard ^h   Jas, Pierre ⁱ   Nakagawa, Hiroshi ^j   Lambert, Hendrik ^k   Shah, Dipen C ^l  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TEXAS CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NA HOMOLCE HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

^e CENTRE HOSPITALIER PRINCESSE GRACE   (Monaco)

^f INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

^g UNIVERSITY HEART CENTER FREIBURG BAD KROZINGEN   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG HEART CENTER   (Germany)

ⁱ HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

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

^k Endosense SA   (Switzerland)

^l Hôpital Universitaire   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Contact force; Supraventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84555202492     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2011.08.021     Document Type: Article

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