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Pulmonary vein isolation using new technologies to improve ablation lesion formation: Initial results comparing enhanced catheter tip irrigation (Surround Flow(®)) with contact force measurement (Smarttouch(®))

INTRODUCTION: Pulmonary vein reconnection after pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) is a significant problem in the treatment of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF). We report about patients who underwent contact force (CF) guided PVI using CF catheter and compared them to patients with PVI using an abla...

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Autores principales: Fichtner, Stephanie, Reents, Tilko, Ammar, Sonia, Semmler, Verena, Kathan, Susanne, Dillier, Roger, Buiatti, Alexandra, Hessling, Gabriele, Deisenhofer, Isabel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4750134/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26937108
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ipej.2015.07.004