Impact of ablation catheter irrigation design on silent cerebral embolism after radiofrequency catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: Results from a pilot study

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 801-805

  Scaglione, Marco ^a   Blandino, Alessandro ^b   Raimondo, Cristina ^b   Caponi, Domenico ^a   Di Donna, Paolo ^a   Toso, Elisabetta ^b   Ebrille, Elisa ^b   Cesarani, Federico ^c   Ferrarese, Eva ^c   Gaita, Fiorenzo ^b  

^a Cardinal Guglielmo Massaia Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c CARDINAL MASSAIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; catheter ablation; irrigated tip catheter; MRI; stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CATHETER; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION;

ADULT; AGED; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC CATHETERS; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VEINS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THERAPEUTIC IRRIGATION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866117052     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2012.02298.x     Document Type: Article

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