Contact force and force-time integral in atrial radiofrequency ablation predict transmurality of lesions

Europace

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 660-667

  Squara, Fabien ^a,b   Latcu, Decebal Gabriel ^a   Massaad, Youssef ^a   Mahjoub, Marouane ^a   Bun, Sok Sithikun ^a   Saoudi, Nadir ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER PRINCESSE GRACE   (Monaco)

^b PASTEUR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Contact force; Force time integral; Transmural lesion

Indexed keywords

ABLATION CATHETER; ADULT; AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC CATHETER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION TRANSMURALITY; HEART CONTACT FORCE; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION DEVICE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINUS RHYTHM; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEART ATRIUM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SURGERY;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84900303097     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euu068     Document Type: Article

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