Pulmonary vein isolation with a new multipolar irrigated radiofrequency ablation catheter (nmarq™): Feasibility, acute and short-term efficacy, safety, and impact on postablation silent cerebral ischemia

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1299-1305

  Scaglione, Marco ^a   Caponi, Domenico ^a   Anselmino, Matteo ^b   Clemente, Francesca Di ^a   Blandino, Alessandro ^b   Ferraris, Federico ^b   Di Donna, Paolo ^a   Ebrille, Elisa ^b   Halimi, Franck ^c   Leclercq, Jean F ^c   Iunco, Costanza ^d   Vaudagna, Carloeugenio ^d   Cesarani, Federico ^d   Gaita, Fiorenzo ^b  

^a Cardinal Guglielmo Massaia Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c CMC Parly II le Chesnay   (France)

^d CARDINAL MASSAIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

asymptomatic cerebral embolism; atrial fibrillation; catheter ablation; nMARQ ; pulmonary vein isolation; silent cerebral ischemia

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ADULT; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVICE SAFETY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROIN HEMATOMA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION DEVICE; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SILENT CEREBRAL ISCHEMIA; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; LAVAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CATHETER ABLATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; THERAPEUTIC IRRIGATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84926410287     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jce.12500     Document Type: Article

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