| Literature DB >> 29326838 |
Mattias Duytschaever1, Mark O'Neill2,3, Martin Martinek4.
Abstract
To improve the single-procedural success and long-term outcomes of catheter ablation techniques for AF, there is a need for durable, contiguous and transmural lesions encircling the pulmonary veins (PV). Measurement of contact force (CF) between the catheter tip and the target tissue can optimise ablation procedures. A new approach to obtain single-procedure durable PV isolation (PVI) using the latest CF technology combined with the CARTO VISITAG™ Module with Ablation Index (Biosense Webster) has been shown in small studies to almost eliminate recurrence of paroxysmal AF at 1-year follow up and to make PVI procedures more reproducible. The use of a standardised workflow is expected to increase the reproducibility of results and to increase the efficiency of PVI procedures.Entities:
Keywords: CARTO VISITAG™; Catheter ablation; Module; ablation index; contact force; pulmonary vein isolation
Year: 2017 PMID: 29326838 PMCID: PMC5739903 DOI: 10.15420/aer.2017.38/1
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Arrhythm Electrophysiol Rev ISSN: 2050-3369