Prospective characterization of catheter-tissue contact force at different anatomic sites during antral pulmonary vein isolation

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1124-1129

  Kumar, Saurabh ^a,b,c   Morton, Joseph B ^a,b   Lee, Justin ^a   Halloran, Karen ^a   Spence, Steven J ^a   Gorelik, Alexandra ^a   Hepworth, Graham ^b   Kistler, Peter M ^c   Kalman, Jonathan M ^a,b  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Contact force; Contact force sensing catheter; Pulmonary vein isolation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CATHETER TISSUE CONTACT FORCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CATHETER; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION;

ADULT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VEINS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84873832313     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.112.972208     Document Type: Article

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