Study design of the man and machine trial: A prospective international controlled noninferiority trial comparing manual with robotic catheter ablation for treatment of atrial fibrillation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 40-46

  Rillig, Andreas ^a   Schmidt, Boris ^a   Steven, Daniel ^b   Meyerfeldt, Udo ^c   Di Biase, Luigi ^d,e   Wissner, Erik ^a   Becker, Rüdiger ^f   Thomas, Dierk ^f   Wohlmuth, Peter ^a   Gallinghouse, G Joseph ^d   Scholz, Eberhardt ^f   Jung, Werner ^c   Willems, Stefan ^b   Natale, Andrea ^d   Ouyang, Feifan ^a   Kuck, Karl Heinz ^a   Tilz, Roland ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c Schwarzwald Baar Klinikum Villingen Schwenningen   (Germany)

^d TEXAS CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; catheter ablation; pulmonary vein isolation; randomized clinical trial; robotics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PERFORATION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CIRCUMFERENTIAL PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NERVE PARALYSIS; OPERATION DURATION; PAROXYSMAL HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROBOTICS; STUDY DESIGN; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; ROBOTICS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84871989398     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2012.02418.x     Document Type: Article

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