Contact force mapping during catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation: Procedural data and one-year follow-up

Archives of Medical Science

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 266-272

  Wutzler, Alexander ^a   Huemer, Martin ^a   Parwani, Abdul Shokor ^a   Blaschke, Florian ^a   Haverkamp, Wilhelm ^a   Boldt, Leif Hendrik ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter tissue contact; Pulmonary vein isolation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; DIGITOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ABLATION CATHETER; ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTACT FORCE MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAPPING CATHETER; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84901007876     PISSN: 17341922     EISSN: 18969151     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5114/aoms.2014.42578     Document Type: Article

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