Endocardial versus epicardial ventricular radiofrequency ablation: Utility of in vivo contact force assessment

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 144-150

  Sacher, Frederic ^a,b   Wright, Matthew ^c   Derval, Nicolas ^a,b   Denis, Arnaud ^a,b   Ramoul, Khaled ^a   Roten, Laurent ^a   Pascale, Patrizzio ^a   Bordachar, Pierre ^a,b   Ritter, Philippe ^a,b   Hocini, Meleze ^a,b   Dos Santos, Pierre ^a,b   Haissaguerre, Michel ^a,b   Jais, Pierre ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ablation; Contact force; Endocardium; Epicardial; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR CATHETER; CONTACT FORCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ENDOCARDIAL VENTRICULAR RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIAL VENTRICULAR RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; EPICARDIUM; FORCE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SHEEP; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR ACCESS; ANIMAL; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART CATHETER; HEART VENTRICLE; INSTRUMENTATION; LAVAGE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PERICARDIUM;

ANIMALS; CARDIAC CATHETERS; CATHETER ABLATION; ENDOCARDIUM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART VENTRICLES; PERICARDIUM; SHEEP; THERAPEUTIC IRRIGATION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876346629     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.111.974501     Document Type: Article

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