ThermoCool® SmartTouch® Catheter – The Evidence So Far for Contact Force Technology and the Role of VisiTag™ Module
Why the study?
Does the use of contact force sensing catheters and tagging modules improve outcomes in patients undergoing catheter ablation for cardiac arrhythmias?
Population
Patients undergoing catheter ablation of the left atrium and ventricle for cardiac arrhythmias
Comparison
THERMOCOOL SMARTTOUCH CATHETER and VISITAG… vs Mapping and ablation without contact force data
Design
Review
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
May aid lesion optimization in ablation; leaves open outcome benefits without randomized confirmation.
Structured PICO
Does the use of contact force sensing catheters and tagging modules improve outcomes in patients undergoing catheter ablation for cardiac arrhythmias?
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Population
Patients undergoing catheter ablation of the left atrium and ventricle for cardiac arrhythmias
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Intervention
THERMOCOOL SMARTTOUCH CATHETER and VISITAG MODULE software for contact force sensing and catheter stability tracking during ablation
C
Comparator
Mapping and ablation without contact force data
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Outcome
Short- and longer-term outcomes during mapping and ablation
This review summarizes the evidence for contact force sensing and stability tracking technologies in improving lesion formation and clinical outcomes during catheter ablation.
Cite This Study
Lin et al. (2014) studied this question.