Relationship between contact force sensing technology and medium-term outcome of atrial fibrillation ablation: A multicenter study of 600 patients

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 378-384

  Jarman, Julian W E ^a   Panikker, Sandeep ^a   Das, Moloy ^a,b   Wynn, Gareth J ^a,b   Ullah, Waqas ^c,d   Kontogeorgis, Andrianos ^a   Haldar, Shouvik K ^a   Patel, Preya J ^a   Hussain, Wajid ^a   Markides, Vias ^a   Gupta, Dhiraj ^a,b   Schilling, Richard J ^c,d   Wong, Tom ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL HEART AND CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; atrioesophageal fistula; catheter ablation; contact force; pulmonary vein isolation; stroke

Indexed keywords

ABLATION CATHETER; ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTACT FORCE SENSING CATHETER; CONTACT FORCE SENSING CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HOSPITAL BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARALYSIS; PAROXYSMAL HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; PERICARDIAL DRAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIATION DOSE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PULMONARY VEINS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84927691630     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jce.12606     Document Type: Article

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