Open AccessContact force and force-time integral in atrial radiofrequency ablation predict transmurality of lesions
Author(s) -
Fabien Squara,
D. G. Latcu,
Youssef Massaad,
M. Mahjoub,
SokSithikun Bun,
Nadir Saoudi
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
ep europace
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.119
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1532-2092
pISSN - 1099-5129
DOI - 10.1093/europace/euu068
Subject(s) - contact force , radiofrequency ablation , medicine , cardiology , ablation , physics , classical mechanics
During radiofrequency (RF) delivery, lesion volume is highly dependent on contact force (CF). It has recently been shown that changes of bipolar electrogram (EGM) predict transmurality. We hypothesized that there is a correlation between CF and EGM criteria of transmural lesion (TL) during RF.
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