Predictive value of impedance changes for real-time contact force measurements during catheter ablation of atrial arrhythmias in humans

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 962-969

  Kumar, Saurabh ^a,b   Haris M , Haqqani ^c   Chan, Martin ^a   Lee, Justin ^a   Yudi, Matias ^a   Wong, Michael C G ^a,b   Morton, Joseph B ^a,b   Ling, Liang Han ^a,b,d   Robinson, Timothy ^a   Heck, Patrick M ^a   Kelland, Nicholas F ^a   Halloran, Karen ^a   Spence, Steven J ^a   Kistler, Peter M ^a,b,d   Kalman, Jonathan M ^a,b  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial flutter; Average contact force; Catheter tissue contact force; Contact force sensing; Force time integral; Impedance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT FORCE; FEMALE; FORCE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; IMPEDANCE CARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84879466683     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2013.03.022     Document Type: Article

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