Acute safety and efficacy of a novel multipolar irrigated radiofrequency ablation catheter for pulmonary vein isolation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 339-345

  Deneke, Thomas ^a,b   Schade, Anja ^a   Müller, Patrick ^b   Schmitt, Rainer ^c   Christopoulos, Georgios ^c   Krug, Joachim ^a   Szöllösi, Geza ^a   Mügge, Andreas ^a   Kerber, Sebastian ^a   Nentwich, Karin ^a  

^a Heart Center Bad Neustadt   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c Heart and Vascular Center Bad Neustadt/Saale   (Germany)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; catheter ablation; multipolar irrigated RF ablation catheter; silent cerebral lesions; stroke

Indexed keywords

LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ABLATION CATHETER; ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATTENUATED DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT MAP; BRAIN DAMAGE; CARDIAC MAPPING SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE SAFETY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DIGESTIVE DEVICE; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; MULTIPOLAR IRRIGATED RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION CATHETER; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION DEVICE; RADIOGRAPHY DEVICE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SILENT CEREBRAL LESION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SURGICAL RISK; THERMAL INJURY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; MULTIPOLAR IRRIGATED RF ABLATION CATHETER; SILENT CEREBRAL LESIONS; STROKE;

AGED; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; BRAIN INJURIES; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84897970587     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jce.12316     Document Type: Article

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