Contact force monitoring for cardiac mapping in patients with ventricular tachycardia

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 519-524

  Mizuno, Hiroya ^a,b   Vergara, Pasquale ^a   MacCabelli, Giuseppe ^a   Trevisi, Nicola ^a   Eng, Sebastiano Colombo ^c   Brombin, Chiara ^d   Mazzone, Patrizio ^a   Della Bella, Paolo ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Pratica di Mare ^*  (Italy)

^d VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

cardiomyopathy; catheter ablation; contact force; electroanatomic mapping; ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTACT FORCE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIASTOLE; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; FEMALE; FORCE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 84876948097     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jce.12080     Document Type: Article

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