Electrogram-gated radiofrequency ablations with duty cycle power delivery negate effects of ablation catheter motion

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 920-928

  Chik, William W B ^a,b,c   Barry, Michael Anthony ^a,b   Pouliopoulos, Jim ^a,b   Byth, Karen ^a   Midekin, Christine ^a,b   Bhaskaran, Abhishek ^a,b   Sivagangabalan, Gopal ^a,b   Thomas, Stuart P ^a,b   Ross, David L ^a,b   McEwan, Alistair ^c   Kovoor, Pramesh ^a,b   Thiagalingam, Aravinda ^a,b  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ablation techniques; Biophysics; Cardiac arrhythmias; Cardiac electrophysiology; Catheter ablation; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ABLATION CATHETER; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROGRAPHY; HEART CONTRACTION; HUMAN; LIQUID CRYSTAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REVIEW; SIMULATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DEVICES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART CATHETER; HEART MUSCLE; MOTION; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TIME;

CARDIAC CATHETERS; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MOTION; MYOCARDIUM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84925229163     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.113.001112     Document Type: Review

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