The impact of steerable sheath visualization during catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation.
Noel FitzpatrickAshish MittalJoseph W GalvinGael JauvertJohn KeaneyEdward KeelanJim O'BrienGábor SzéplakiPublished in: Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology (2023)
In this retrospective study, use of a visualizable steerable sheath for catheter ablation of AF significantly reduced radiation exposure vs. a non-visualizable steerable sheath. Although mapping time was longer with the visualizable sheath, the overall procedure time was not increased.