Higher contact-force values associated with better mid-term outcome of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation ablation using the SmartTouch™ catheter

Europace

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 56-63

  Providência, Rui ^a   Marijon, Eloi ^b   Combes, Stephane ^a   Bouzeman, Abdeslam ^a   Jourda, Francois ^a   Khoueiry, Ziad ^a   Cardin, Christelle ^a   Combes, Nicolas ^a   Boveda, Serge ^a   Albenque, Jean Paul ^a  

^a CLINIQUE PASTEUR   (France)

^b HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Catheter ablation; Contact assisted ablation; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ABLATION CATHETER; ADULT; AORTOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTACT FORCE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCE; HEART TAMPONADE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAROXYSMAL HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RELAPSE; SINUS RHYTHM; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TIME; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MECHANICAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; TOUCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOUCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84922461852     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euu218     Document Type: Article

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