Contact force threshold for permanent lesion formation in atrial fibrillation ablation: A cardiac magnetic resonance-based study to detect ablation gaps

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 37-45

  Andreu, David ^a,b   Gomez Pulido, Federico ^a,b   Calvo, Mireia ^a,b   Carlosena Remírez, Alicia ^a,b   Bisbal, Felipe ^a,b   Borràs, Roger ^a,b   Benito, Eva ^a,b   Guasch, Eduard ^a,b   Prat Gonzalez, Susanna ^a,b   Perea, Rosario J ^a,b   Brugada, Josep ^a,b   Berruezo, Antonio ^a,b   Mont, Lluís ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ablation lesion; Atrial fibrillation ablation; Cardiac magnetic resonance; Contact force; Delayed enhancement; Gaps; Pulmonary vein

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ABLATION CATHETER; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT FORCE THRESHOLD; DELAYED ENHANCEMENT CARDIAC MAGNETIC RESONANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RECURRENT DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; CICATRIX; DEVICES; HEART ATRIUM; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POWER SUPPLY; PROCEDURES; SECONDARY PREVENTION; STANDARDS; TIME FACTOR;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CICATRIX; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY VEINS; SECONDARY PREVENTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84955706841     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2015.08.010     Document Type: Article

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