Paroxysmal AF catheter ablation with a contact force sensing catheter: Results of the prospective, multicenter SMART-AF trial

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 647-656

  Natale, Andrea ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Reddy, Vivek Y ^g   Monir, George ^h   Wilber, David J ⁱ   Lindsay, Bruce D ^j   McElderry, H Thomas ^k   Kantipudi, Charan ^l   Mansour, Moussa C ^m   Melby, Daniel P ⁿ   Packer, Douglas L ^o   Nakagawa, Hiroshi ^p   Zhang, Baohui ^q   Stagg, Robert B ^q   Boo, Lee Ming ^q   Marchlinski, Francis E ^r  

^a Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute St David's Medical Center   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e SCRIPPS CLINIC   (United States)

^f The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^g MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h FLORIDA HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^j LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^l PIEDMONT HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

^m MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁿ MINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^o MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^q Biosense Webster Belgium   (Belgium)

^r HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; catheter ablation; contact force; radiofrequency

Indexed keywords

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTACT FORCE; RADIOFREQUENCY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CATHETERS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; TACHYCARDIA, PAROXYSMAL; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84905983949     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2014.04.072     Document Type: Article

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