Initial impedance decrease as an indicator of good catheter contact: Insights from radiofrequency ablation with force sensing catheters

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 194-201

  Reichlin, Tobias ^a,b   Knecht, Sven ^b   Lane, Christopher ^a   Kühne, Michael ^b   Nof, Eyal ^a,c   Chopra, Nagesh ^a   Tadros, Thomas M ^a   Reddy, Vivek Y ^d   Schaer, Beat ^b   John, Roy M ^a   Osswald, Stefan ^b   Stevenson, William G ^a   Sticherling, Christian ^b   Michaud, Gregory F ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation ablation; Contact force sensing catheter; Impedance decrease

Indexed keywords

ABLATION CATHETER; ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC MAPPING SYSTEM; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CATHETER ABLATION; CATHETER SHEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL INDICATOR; CONTACT FORCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPH; FEMALE; GENERATOR; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPEN IRRIGATED CONTACT FORCE SENSING RADIOFREQUENCY CATHETER; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AF; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION ABLATION; CF; CONTACT FORCE; CONTACT FORCE SENSING CATHETER; EGM; ELECTROGRAM; IMPEDANCE DECREASE; INTERQUARTILE RANGE; IQR; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; PV; PVI; RADIOFREQUENCY; RF;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CATHETERS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84893057743     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2013.10.048     Document Type: Article

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