First clinical use of novel ablation catheter incorporating local impedance data.

Claire A Martin Ruairidh Martin Parag Ravindra Gajendragadkar Philippe Maury Masateru Takigawa Ghassen Chniti Antonio Frontera Τakeshi Kitamura Josselin Duchateau Konstantinos Vlachos Felix BourierAnna LamStephen LordStephen MurrayEwen ShephardThomas Pambrun Arnaud DenisNicolas DervalMélèze Hocini Michel HaïssaguerrePierre JaisFrederic Sacher

Published in: Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology (2018)

This novel catheter gives reproducible recordings of local impedance, which are dependent on scar level. Absolute LI drop, and also percentage drop, on ablation may give an indication of tissue contact and subsequent effective lesion formation.

Keyphrases

radiofrequency ablation
ultrasound guided
electronic health record
dual energy
big data
computed tomography
magnetic resonance
artificial intelligence