Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging Analysis of the Relationship Between Contact Force and Left Atrial Scar Formation After Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation

Electrical Reconnection After Pulmonary Vein Isolation Is Contingent on Contact Force During Initial Treatment

(2013) Petr Neuzil et al.   Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Demonstrates Reversible Atrial Dysfunction After Catheter Ablation of Persistent Atrial Fibrillation

(2013) KAI MUELLERLEILE et al.   JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Ablation Effect Indicated by Impedance Fall is Correlated with Contact Force Level During Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation

(2013) ALESSANDRO DE BORTOLI et al.   JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Identification and Acute Targeting of Gaps in Atrial Ablation Lesion Sets Using a Real-Time Magnetic Resonance Imaging System

(2012) Ravi Ranjan et al.   Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Acute Pulmonary Vein Isolation Is Achieved by a Combination of Reversible and Irreversible Atrial Injury After Catheter Ablation

(2012) Aruna Arujuna et al.   Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

2012 HRS/EHRA/ECAS Expert Consensus Statement on Catheter and Surgical Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation: Recommendations for Patient Selection, Procedural Techniques, Patient Management and Follow-up, Definitions, Endpoints, and Research Trial Design: A report of the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) Task Force on Catheter and Surgical Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation. Developed in partnership with the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA), a registered branch of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society (ECAS); and in collaboration with the American College of Cardiology (ACC), American Heart Association (AHA), the Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society (APHRS), and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS). Endorsed by the governing bodies of the American College of Cardiology Foundation, the American Heart Association, the European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society, the European Heart Rhythm Association, the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, the Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society, and the Heart Rhythm Society

(2012) H. Calkins et al.   EUROPACE

The relationship between contact force and clinical outcome during radiofrequency catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation in the TOCCATA study

(2012) Vivek Y. Reddy et al.   HEART RHYTHM

Contact force sensing technology identifies sites of inadequate contact and reduces acute pulmonary vein reconnection: A prospective case control study

(2012) Shouvik Haldar et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Diagnostic Accuracy of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Detection and Characterization of Left Atrial Catheter Ablation Lesions: A Multicenter Experience

(2012) ROSS J. HUNTER et al.   JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Contemporary Management of Atrial Fibrillation: Update on Anticoagulation and Invasive Management Strategies

(2012) Mark A. Crandall et al.   MAYO CLINIC PROCEEDINGS

A novel radiofrequency ablation catheter using contact force sensing: Toccata study

(2011) Karl-Heinz Kuck et al.   HEART RHYTHM

Evaluation of Left Atrial Lesions After Initial and Repeat Atrial Fibrillation Ablation

(2010) Troy J. Badger et al.   Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

3-D Visualization of Acute RF Ablation Lesions Using MRI for the Simultaneous Determination of the Patterns of Necrosis and Edema

(2010) Benjamin R Knowles et al.   IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

Area Under the Real-Time Contact Force Curve (Force-Time Integral) Predicts Radiofrequency Lesion Size in an In Vitro Contractile Model

(2010) DIPEN C. SHAH et al.   JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Pulmonary vein isolation and autonomic denervation for the management of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation by a minimally invasive surgical approach

(2010) James R. Edgerton et al.   JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY

Acute Myocardial Infarction: Serial Cardiac MR Imaging Shows a Decrease in Delayed Enhancement of the Myocardium during the 1st Week after Reperfusion

(2009) Tareq Ibrahim et al.   RADIOLOGY

Novel Contact Force Sensor Incorporated in Irrigated Radiofrequency Ablation Catheter Predicts Lesion Size and Incidence of Steam Pop and Thrombus

(2008) Katsuaki Yokoyama et al.   Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Left atrial function and scar after catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation

(2008) John V. Wylie et al.   HEART RHYTHM

Temporal left atrial lesion formation after ablation of atrial fibrillation

(2008) Troy J. Badger et al.   HEART RHYTHM

Automatic Model-Based Segmentation of the Heart in CT Images

(2008) O. Ecabert et al.   IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MEDICAL IMAGING

New Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Based Method for Defining the Extent of Left Atrial Wall Injury After the Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation

(2008) Christopher J. McGann et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Acute and Chronic Pulmonary Vein Reconnection after Atrial Fibrillation Ablation: A Prospective Characterization of Anatomical Sites

(2008) KIM RAJAPPAN et al.   PACE-PACING AND CLINICAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY