Comparison of lesion formation between contact force-guided and non-guided circumferential pulmonary vein isolation: A prospective, randomized study

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 984-991

  Kimura, Masaomi ^a   Sasaki, Shingo ^a   Owada, Shingen ^a   Horiuchi, Daisuke ^a   Sasaki, Kenichi ^a   Itoh, Taihei ^a   Ishida, Yuji ^a   Kinjo, Takahiko ^a   Tomita, Hirofumi ^a   Okumura, Ken ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Computed tomography; Contact force; Fluoroscopy time; Pulmonary vein isolation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT FORCE GUIDED CIRCUMFERENTIAL PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; FORCE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONGUIDED CIRCUMFERENTIAL PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAROXYSMAL HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TACHYCARDIA; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGERY; ABLATION CATHETER; CHADS2 SCORE; CIRCUMFERENTIAL PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTACT FORCE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; REVIEW;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84901585295     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2014.03.019     Document Type: Article

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