Automated verification of pulmonary vein isolation in radiofrequency- and cryoballoon-guided ablation.

Jan De PooterThomas PhlipsMilad El HaddadFrederic Van HeuverswynLiesbeth TimmersRené TavernierSebastien KnechtYves VandekerckhoveMattias Duytschaever

Published in: Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE (2017)

We validated a two-step algorithm for automated PVI verification, applicable both for RF- and CB-guided PVI. The algorithm automatically differentiates isolated from nonisolated PVs with high accuracy and without the need for pacing maneuvers.

Keyphrases

deep learning
machine learning
catheter ablation
atrial fibrillation
radiofrequency ablation
high throughput
heart failure
cardiac resynchronization therapy
ultrasound guided