Pulmonary vein isolation using “contact force” ablation: The effect on dormant conduction and long-term freedom from recurrent atrial fibrillation—A prospective study

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1919-1924

  Andrade, Jason G ^a,b   Monir, George ^c   Pollak, Scott J ^c   Khairy, Paul ^a   Dubuc, Marc ^a   Roy, Denis ^a   Talajic, Mario ^a   Deyell, Marc ^b   Rivard, Léna ^a   Thibault, Bernard ^a   Guerra, Peter G ^a   Nattel, Stanley ^a   Macle, Laurent ^a  

^a MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c FLORIDA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Adenosine; Atrial fibrillation; Contact force; Pulmonary vein electrophysiology; Pulmonary vein isolation

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE;

ABLATION CATHETER; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CONTACT FORCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; FORCE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; TREATMENT DURATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PULMONARY VEIN; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84922615169     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2014.07.033     Document Type: Article

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