Clinical impact of an open-irrigated radiofrequency catheter with direct force measurement on atrial fibrillation ablation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1312-1318

  Martinek, Martin ^a   Lemes, Christine ^a   Sigmund, Elisabeth ^a   Derndorfer, Michael ^a   Aichinger, Josef ^a   Winter, Siegmund ^a   Nesser, Hans Joachim ^a   Pürfellner, Helmut ^a  

^a ELISABETHINEN HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; contact force measurement; radiofrequency catheter ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS, MECHANICAL; THERAPEUTIC IRRIGATION; TRANSDUCERS, PRESSURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84868635076     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2012.03503.x     Document Type: Article

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