Ablation index, a novel marker of ablation lesion quality: prediction of pulmonary vein reconnection at repeat electrophysiology study and regional differences in target values

Reablated Sites of Acute Reconnection After Pulmonary Vein Isolation Do Not Predict Sites of Late Reconnection at Repeat Electrophysiology Study

(2016) MOLOY DAS et al.   JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Electromagnetic Contact-Force Sensing Electrophysiological Catheters: How Accurate Is the Technology?

(2016) FELIX BOURIER et al.   JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Low contact force and force-time integral predict early recovery and dormant conduction revealed by adenosine after pulmonary vein isolation

(2015) J.-B. le Polain de Waroux et al.   EUROPACE

EFFICAS II: optimization of catheter contact force improves outcome of pulmonary vein isolation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

(2015) Josef Kautzner et al.   EUROPACE

Feasibility, Efficacy, and Safety of Radiofrequency Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation Guided by Monitoring of the Initial Impedance Decrease as a Surrogate of Catheter Contact

(2015) TOBIAS REICHLIN et al.   JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Target Indices for Clinical Ablation in Atrial Fibrillation

(2014) Waqas Ullah et al.   Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Contact force and force-time integral in atrial radiofrequency ablation predict transmurality of lesions

(2014) F. Squara et al.   EUROPACE

Radiofrequency ablation annotation algorithm reduces the incidence of linear gaps and reconnection after pulmonary vein isolation

(2014) Elad Anter et al.   HEART RHYTHM

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

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

Predictive value of impedance changes for real-time contact force measurements during catheter ablation of atrial arrhythmias in humans

(2013) Saurabh Kumar et al.   HEART RHYTHM

Initial impedance decrease as an indicator of good catheter contact: Insights from radiofrequency ablation with force sensing catheters

(2013) Tobias Reichlin et al.   HEART RHYTHM

Catheter-Tissue Contact Force Determines Atrial Electrogram Characteristics Before and Lesion Efficacy After Antral Pulmonary Vein Isolation in Humans

(2013) SAURABH KUMAR et al.   JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Left Atrial Anatomy Revisited

(2012) Siew Yen Ho 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

Prospective, multicentre validation of a simple, patient-operated electrocardiographic system for the detection of arrhythmias and electrocardiographic changes

(2009) G. Kaleschke et al.   EUROPACE