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

ContributorsReddy, 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

Published inHeart Rhythm, vol. 9, no. 11, p. 1789-1795

Publication date2012

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

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de médecine

Research groups

Electrophysiologie (666)

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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. 1789–1795. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2012.07.016

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PID : unige:100733
DOI : 10.1016/j.hrthm.2012.07.016
PMID : 22820056

Journal ISSN1547-5271

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

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.

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