The relationship between contact force and clinical outcome during radiofrequency catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation in the TOCCATA study

Reddy, Vivek Y; Shah, Dipen; Kautzner, Josef; Schmidt, Boris; Saoudi, Nadir; Herrera, Claudia; Jaïs, Pierre; Hindricks, Gerhard; Peichl, Petr; Yulzari, Aude; Lambert, Hendrik; Neuzil, Petr; Natale, Andrea; Kuck, Karl-Heinz

doi:10.1016/j.hrthm.2012.07.016

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Title		The relationship between contact force and clinical outcome during radiofrequency catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation in the TOCCATA study
Authors		Reddy, Vivek Y Shah, Dipen Kautzner, Josef Schmidt, Boris Saoudi, Nadir Herrera, Claudia Jaïs, Pierre Hindricks, Gerhard Peichl, Petr Yulzari, Aude Lambert, Hendrik Neuzil, Petr Natale, Andrea Kuck, Karl-Heinz show all authors [1 - 14]
Published in		Heart Rhythm. 2012, vol. 9, no. 11, p. 1789-95
Abstract		The clinical efficacy of catheter ablation of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF) remains limited by difficulty in achieving durable pulmonary vein isolation (PVI). Suboptimal catheter tip-to-tissue contact force (CF) during lesion delivery is believed to reduce clinical efficacy.
Keywords		Atrial Fibrillation/surgery — Catheter Ablation/instrumentation/methods — Electrocardiography — Ambulatory — Female — Humans — Male — Middle Aged — Monitoring — Physiologic/instrumentation — Recurrence — Treatment Outcome
Identifiers		DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2012.07.016 PMID: 22820056
Full text		Article (Published version) (928 Kb) - Limited access to UNIGE
Structures		Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de médecine
Research group		Electrophysiologie cardiaque (666)
Citation (ISO format)		REDDY, Vivek Y et al. The relationship between contact force and clinical outcome during radiofrequency catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation in the TOCCATA study. In: Heart Rhythm, 2012, vol. 9, n° 11, p. 1789-95. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2012.07.016 https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:100733