Reduction in radiation dose for atrial fibrillation ablation over time: A 12-year single-center experience of 2344 patients

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 810-816

  Voskoboinik, Aleksandr ^a,b,c   Kalman, Elana S ^a   Savicky, Yonatan ^a   Sparks, Paul B ^a,d   Morton, Joseph B ^a,d   Lee, Geoffrey ^a,d   Kistler, Peter M ^b,c,d   Kalman, Jonathan M ^a,d  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Contact force; Fluoroscopy; Radiation

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE;

ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY SINUS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; PERSISTENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FORECASTING; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION RESPONSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VICTORIA;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORECASTING; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VICTORIA;

EID: 85018698713     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2017.02.014     Document Type: Article

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