Effect of respiration on catheter-tissue contact force during ablation of atrial arrhythmias

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1041-1047.e1

  Kumar, Saurabh ^a,b,c   Morton, Joseph B ^a,b   Halloran, Karen ^a   Spence, Steven J ^a   Lee, Geoffrey ^a,b,c   Wong, Michael C G ^a,b,c   Kistler, Peter M ^c   Kalman, Jonathan M ^a,b  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial flutter; Average force; Cavotricuspid isthmus ablation; Contact force; Force variability; Force time integral; Pulmonary vein isolation; Pulmonary vein reconnection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APNEA; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CATHETER ABLATION; CAVOTRICUSPID ISTHMUS ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

EID: 84862870787     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2012.02.015     Document Type: Article

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