Simultaneous pace-ablate during CARTO-guided pulmonary vein isolation with a contact-force sensing radiofrequency ablation catheter.
Chirag R BarbhaiyaAnthony AizerRobert KnottsScott BernsteinDavid ParkDouglas HolmesLarry A ChinitzPublished in: Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing (2018)
Pace-capture along the completed PVI lesion set remains common despite utilization of contact-force sensing RF ablation catheters and automated lesion annotation. Simultaneous pace-ablate in AF ablation using the CARTO system may be safely used to render atrial lesion sets unexcitable.