Which is the best catheter to perform atrial fibrillation ablation? A comparison between standard ThermoCool, SmartTouch, and Surround Flow catheters

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 193-200

  Sciarra, Luigi ^a   Golia, Paolo ^b   Natalizia, Andrea ^c   De Ruvo, Ermenegildo ^a   Dottori, Serena ^c   Scarà, Antonio ^a   Borrelli, Alessio ^a   De Luca, Lucia ^a   Rebecchi, Marco ^a   Fagagnini, Alessandro ^a   Bandini, Alberto ^b   Guarracini, Fabrizio ^a   Galvani, Marcello ^b   Calò, Leonardo ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

^b MORGAGNI PIERANTONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c JOHNSON AND JOHNSON   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation catheters; Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Contact force; Irrigated ablation

Indexed keywords

ABLATION CATHETER; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC MAPPING SYSTEM; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; GROIN HEMATOMA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAPPING CATHETER; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SILENT CEREBRAL ISCHEMIC LESION; SILENT ESOPHAGEAL LESION; SMARTTOUCH CATHETER; SURROUND FLOW CATHETER; TIME; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICES; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FUNCTION TEST; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; RADIO WAVES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84901258716     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-014-9874-2     Document Type: Article

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