Why the study?
Does the use of a contact force-sensing ablation catheter reduce fluoroscopy and procedure times compared to a standard open-irrigated catheter in patients undergoing atrial fibrillation ablation?
Population
30 consecutive adult patients undergoing catheter ablation for symptomatic atrial fibrillation
Comparison
Radiofrequency ablation using an irrigated… vs Radiofrequency ablation using a standard…
Design
Case-control
Authors
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May reduce fluoroscopy exposure in AF ablation; hypothesis-generating and requires randomized confirmation.
Does the use of a contact force-sensing ablation catheter reduce fluoroscopy and procedure times compared to a standard open-irrigated catheter in patients undergoing atrial fibrillation ablation?
The use of a contact force-sensing catheter during atrial fibrillation ablation significantly reduces fluoroscopy and left atrial times without increasing total procedure or ablation times.
Naniwadekar et al. (2016) studied this question.
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